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#AAA930

#aaa930 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aaa930 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.27% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.59% magenta, 71.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 59.51°, with 55.96% saturation and 42.75% 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 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.37.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3714

Complementary

  1. #aaa930
  2. #3031aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaa930
  2. #306eaa
  3. #6c30aa

Analogous

  1. #aa6c30
  2. #aaa930
  3. #6eaa30

Triadic

  1. #aaa930
  2. #30aaa9
  3. #a930aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa930
  2. #31aa30
  3. #3031aa
  4. #a930aa

Square

  1. #aaa930
  2. #30aa6c
  3. #3031aa
  4. #aa306e

Monochromatic

  1. #33320e
  2. #6e6e1f
  3. #aaa930
  4. #d0cf57
  5. #e0e093

Shades

#aaa930 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa930
  2. #99982b
  3. #888726
  4. #777622
  5. #66651d
  6. #555518
  7. #444413
  8. #33330e
  9. #22220a
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa930 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa930
  2. #b3b245
  3. #bbba59
  4. #c4c36e
  5. #cccb83
  6. #d5d498
  7. #ddddac
  8. #e6e5c1
  9. #eeeed6
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa930 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa930
  2. #a6a538
  3. #a2a140
  4. #9d9d48
  5. #999950
  6. #959558
  7. #919060
  8. #8d8c68
  9. #888870
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a685 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a21a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a639 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69e91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a525 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a736 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a377 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa930 {
  color: #aaa930;
}
Background
.bg-aaa930 {
  background-color: #aaa930;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa930 {
  border: 2px solid #aaa930;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa930;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 169 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 56% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa930 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa930, #6eaa30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa930 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 169 48 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.37 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.02 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.76 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.27 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.65 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.85 #5556cf Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aaa930  rgb(170, 169, 48)  hsl(60, 56%, 43%)  Brass
#3031aa  rgb(48, 49, 170)  hsl(240, 56%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#30aaa9  rgb(48, 170, 169)  hsl(180, 56%, 43%)  Verdigris
#a930aa  rgb(169, 48, 170)  hsl(300, 56%, 43%)  Purpureus