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#AC9858

#ac9858 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ac9858 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 59.61% green and 34.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 11.63% magenta, 48.84% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 45.71°, with 33.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 7.1.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3193

Complementary

  1. #ac9858
  2. #586cac

Split complementary

  1. #ac9858
  2. #5896ac
  3. #6e58ac

Analogous

  1. #ac6e58
  2. #ac9858
  3. #96ac58

Triadic

  1. #ac9858
  2. #58ac98
  3. #9858ac

Tetradic

  1. #ac9858
  2. #6cac58
  3. #586cac
  4. #9858ac

Square

  1. #ac9858
  2. #58ac6e
  3. #586cac
  4. #ac5896

Monochromatic

  1. #473f24
  2. #7b6c3d
  3. #ac9858
  4. #c5b88b
  5. #dfd7be

Shades

#ac9858 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac9858
  2. #9b894f
  3. #8a7a46
  4. #786a3e
  5. #675b35
  6. #564c2c
  7. #453d23
  8. #342e1a
  9. #221e12
  10. #110f09
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac9858 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac9858
  2. #b4a269
  3. #bdad79
  4. #c5b78a
  5. #cdc19b
  6. #d6ccac
  7. #ded6bc
  8. #e6e0cd
  9. #eeeade
  10. #f7f5ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac9858 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac9858
  2. #a8965c
  3. #a39360
  4. #9f9164
  5. #9a8e68
  6. #968c6c
  7. #928a70
  8. #8d8774
  9. #898578
  10. #84827c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19984 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a49653 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa9c5a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b78f89 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a89755 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ab9a59 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39378 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac9858 {
  color: #ac9858;
}
Background
.bg-ac9858 {
  background-color: #ac9858;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac9858 {
  border: 2px solid #ac9858;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac9858;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 152 88;
  --color-primary-hsl: 46 34% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac9858 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac9858, #96ac58);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac9858 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 152 88 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 7.10 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.33 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.71 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.85 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.57 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.94 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 11.12 #5367a7 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Brass
#ac9858  rgb(172, 152, 88)  hsl(46, 34%, 51%)  Brass
#586cac  rgb(88, 108, 172)  hsl(226, 34%, 51%)  Queen Blue
#58ac98  rgb(88, 172, 152)  hsl(166, 34%, 51%)  Persian Green
#9858ac  rgb(152, 88, 172)  hsl(286, 34%, 51%)  Purpureus