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#AAA83E

#aaa83e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa83e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 65.88% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 63.53% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 58.89°, with 46.55% saturation and 45.49% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.73.

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Relative luminance0.369

Complementary

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #3e40aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #3e76aa
  3. #723eaa

Analogous

  1. #aa723e
  2. #aaa83e
  3. #76aa3e

Triadic

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #3eaaa8
  3. #a83eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #40aa3e
  3. #3e40aa
  4. #a83eaa

Square

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #3eaa72
  3. #3e40aa
  4. #aa3e76

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3915
  2. #72712a
  3. #aaa83e
  4. #c9c76b
  5. #dedda3

Shades

#aaa83e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #999738
  3. #888632
  4. #77762b
  5. #666525
  6. #55541f
  7. #444319
  8. #333213
  9. #22220c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa83e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #b3b151
  3. #bbb965
  4. #c4c278
  5. #cccb8b
  6. #d5d49f
  7. #dddcb2
  8. #e6e5c5
  9. #eeeed8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa83e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa83e
  2. #a6a445
  3. #a2a04b
  4. #9d9c52
  5. #999858
  6. #95945f
  7. #919066
  8. #8d8c6c
  9. #888873
  10. #848479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a587 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a131 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a545 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69e92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a436 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a642 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a279 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa83e {
  color: #aaa83e;
}
Background
.bg-aaa83e {
  background-color: #aaa83e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa83e {
  border: 2px solid #aaa83e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa83e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 168 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 47% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa83e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa83e, #76aa3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa83e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 168 62 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.48 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.62 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.62 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.69 #5557c1 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa83e  rgb(170, 168, 62)  hsl(59, 47%, 45%)  Brass
#3e40aa  rgb(62, 64, 170)  hsl(239, 47%, 45%)  Ocean Blue
#3eaaa8  rgb(62, 170, 168)  hsl(179, 47%, 45%)  Verdigris
#a83eaa  rgb(168, 62, 170)  hsl(299, 47%, 45%)  Purpureus