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#AAA80E

#aaa80e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aaa80e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 91.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 59.23°, with 84.78% saturation and 36.08% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.44.

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Relative luminance0.3658

Complementary

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #0e10aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #0e5eaa
  3. #5a0eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa5a0e
  2. #aaa80e
  3. #5eaa0e

Triadic

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #0eaaa8
  3. #a80eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #10aa0e
  3. #0e10aa
  4. #a80eaa

Square

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #0eaa5a
  3. #0e10aa
  4. #aa0e5e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d1c02
  2. #636208
  3. #aaa80e
  4. #ece918
  5. #f2f05f

Shades

#aaa80e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #99970d
  3. #88860b
  4. #77760a
  5. #666508
  6. #555407
  7. #444306
  8. #333204
  9. #222203
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa80e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #b3b126
  3. #bbb93e
  4. #c4c256
  5. #cccb6e
  6. #d5d487
  7. #dddc9f
  8. #e6e5b7
  9. #eeeecf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa80e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa80e
  2. #a6a419
  3. #a2a025
  4. #9d9c30
  5. #99983c
  6. #959447
  7. #919052
  8. #8d8c5e
  9. #888869
  10. #848475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a581 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a522 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a61c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a171 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa80e {
  color: #aaa80e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa80e {
  background-color: #aaa80e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa80e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa80e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa80e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 85% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa80e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa80e, #5eaa0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa80e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 14 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.44 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.21 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.24 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.31 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.70 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.53 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.57 #5557f1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa80e  rgb(170, 168, 14)  hsl(59, 85%, 36%)  Brass
#0e10aa  rgb(14, 16, 170)  hsl(239, 85%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0eaaa8  rgb(14, 170, 168)  hsl(179, 85%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a80eaa  rgb(168, 14, 170)  hsl(299, 85%, 36%)  Dark Magenta