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#AAA72F

#aaa72f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa72f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.49% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.76% magenta, 72.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, with 56.68% saturation and 42.55% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.91.

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Relative luminance0.3639

Complementary

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #2f32aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #2f6faa
  3. #6a2faa

Analogous

  1. #aa6a2f
  2. #aaa72f
  3. #6faa2f

Triadic

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #2faaa7
  3. #a72faa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #32aa2f
  3. #2f32aa
  4. #a72faa

Square

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #2faa6a
  3. #2f32aa
  4. #aa2f6f

Monochromatic

  1. #32310e
  2. #6e6c1e
  3. #aaa72f
  4. #d0cd55
  5. #e1df91

Shades

#aaa72f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #99962a
  3. #888626
  4. #777521
  5. #66641c
  6. #555418
  7. #444313
  8. #33320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa72f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #b3b044
  3. #bbb959
  4. #c4c16d
  5. #ccca82
  6. #d5d397
  7. #dddcac
  8. #e6e5c1
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa72f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa72f
  2. #a6a337
  3. #a29f3f
  4. #9d9b47
  5. #99974f
  6. #959458
  7. #919060
  8. #8d8c68
  9. #888870
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a484 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a019 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a538 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a323 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a635 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a175 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa72f {
  color: #aaa72f;
}
Background
.bg-aaa72f {
  background-color: #aaa72f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa72f {
  border: 2px solid #aaa72f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa72f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 167 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa72f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa72f, #6faa2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa72f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 167 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.91 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.94 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.14 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.34 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.85 #5558d0 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa72f  rgb(170, 167, 47)  hsl(59, 57%, 43%)  Brass
#2f32aa  rgb(47, 50, 170)  hsl(239, 57%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#2faaa7  rgb(47, 170, 167)  hsl(179, 57%, 43%)  Verdigris
#a72faa  rgb(167, 47, 170)  hsl(299, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus