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#AAA638

#aaa638 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa638 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.1% green and 21.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 67.06% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.89°, with 50.44% saturation and 44.31% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.34.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.361

Complementary

  1. #aaa638
  2. #383caa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa638
  2. #3875aa
  3. #6d38aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6d38
  2. #aaa638
  3. #75aa38

Triadic

  1. #aaa638
  2. #38aaa6
  3. #a638aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa638
  2. #3caa38
  3. #383caa
  4. #a638aa

Square

  1. #aaa638
  2. #38aa6d
  3. #383caa
  4. #aa3875

Monochromatic

  1. #373612
  2. #706e25
  3. #aaa638
  4. #ccc863
  5. #dfdc9c

Shades

#aaa638 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa638
  2. #999532
  3. #88852d
  4. #777427
  5. #666422
  6. #55531c
  7. #444216
  8. #333211
  9. #22210b
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa638 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa638
  2. #b3af4c
  3. #bbb860
  4. #c4c174
  5. #ccca88
  6. #d5d39c
  7. #dddbaf
  8. #e6e4c3
  9. #eeedd7
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa638 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa638
  2. #a6a23f
  3. #a29e46
  4. #9d9b4e
  5. #999755
  6. #95935c
  7. #918f63
  8. #8d8b6a
  9. #888872
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a484 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4a029 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a43f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a22f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a53c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a076 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa638 {
  color: #aaa638;
}
Background
.bg-aaa638 {
  background-color: #aaa638;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa638 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa638;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa638;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 56;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 50% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa638 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa638, #75aa38);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa638 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 56 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.34 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.30 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.29 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.09 #5559c7 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa638  rgb(170, 166, 56)  hsl(58, 50%, 44%)  Brass
#383caa  rgb(56, 60, 170)  hsl(238, 50%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#38aaa6  rgb(56, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 50%, 44%)  Verdigris
#a638aa  rgb(166, 56, 170)  hsl(298, 50%, 44%)  Purpureus