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#AAA70B

#aaa70b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa70b is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.49% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.76% magenta, 93.53% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.87°, with 87.85% saturation and 35.49% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.35.

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Relative luminance0.3621

Complementary

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #0b0eaa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #0b5daa
  3. #580baa

Analogous

  1. #aa580b
  2. #aaa70b
  3. #5daa0b

Triadic

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #0baaa7
  3. #a70baa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #0eaa0b
  3. #0b0eaa
  4. #a70baa

Square

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #0baa58
  3. #0b0eaa
  4. #aa0b5d

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1a02
  2. #626006
  3. #aaa70b
  4. #f0eb12
  5. #f4f15a

Shades

#aaa70b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #99960a
  3. #888609
  4. #777508
  5. #666407
  6. #555406
  7. #444304
  8. #333203
  9. #222102
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa70b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #b3b023
  3. #bbb93c
  4. #c4c154
  5. #ccca6d
  6. #d5d385
  7. #dddc9d
  8. #e6e5b6
  9. #eeedce
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa70b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa70b
  2. #a6a317
  3. #a29f22
  4. #9d9b2e
  5. #99973a
  6. #959446
  7. #919051
  8. #8d8c5d
  9. #888869
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a421 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a51a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa70b {
  color: #aaa70b;
}
Background
.bg-aaa70b {
  background-color: #aaa70b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa70b {
  border: 2px solid #aaa70b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa70b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 167 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 88% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa70b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa70b, #5daa0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa70b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 167 11 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.35 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.20 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.24 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.63 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.40 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.68 #5558f4 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa70b  rgb(170, 167, 11)  hsl(59, 88%, 35%)  Brass
#0b0eaa  rgb(11, 14, 170)  hsl(239, 88%, 35%)  Zaffre
#0baaa7  rgb(11, 170, 167)  hsl(179, 88%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a70baa  rgb(167, 11, 170)  hsl(299, 88%, 35%)  Dark Magenta