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#AAA63C

#aaa63c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa63c 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 23.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 64.71% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 57.82°, with 47.83% saturation and 45.1% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.3614

Complementary

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #3c40aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #3c77aa
  3. #6f3caa

Analogous

  1. #aa6f3c
  2. #aaa63c
  3. #77aa3c

Triadic

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #3caaa6
  3. #a63caa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #40aa3c
  3. #3c40aa
  4. #a63caa

Square

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #3caa6f
  3. #3c40aa
  4. #aa3c77

Monochromatic

  1. #393814
  2. #716f28
  3. #aaa63c
  4. #cac669
  5. #dedca1

Shades

#aaa63c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #999536
  3. #888530
  4. #77742a
  5. #666424
  6. #55531e
  7. #444218
  8. #333212
  9. #22210c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa63c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #b3af50
  3. #bbb863
  4. #c4c177
  5. #ccca8a
  6. #d5d39e
  7. #dddbb1
  8. #e6e4c5
  9. #eeedd8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa63c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa63c
  2. #a6a243
  3. #a29e4a
  4. #9d9b50
  5. #999757
  6. #95935e
  7. #918f65
  8. #8d8b6c
  9. #888872
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a485 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a02e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a443 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a234 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a540 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a077 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa63c {
  color: #aaa63c;
}
Background
.bg-aaa63c {
  background-color: #aaa63c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa63c {
  border: 2px solid #aaa63c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa63c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 166 60;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 48% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa63c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa63c, #77aa3c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa63c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 166 60 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.25 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.36 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.96 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.34 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.36 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.75 #5559c3 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa63c  rgb(170, 166, 60)  hsl(58, 48%, 45%)  Brass
#3c40aa  rgb(60, 64, 170)  hsl(238, 48%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#3caaa6  rgb(60, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 48%, 45%)  Verdigris
#a63caa  rgb(166, 60, 170)  hsl(298, 48%, 45%)  Purpureus