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#ACA00A

#aca00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aca00a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.98% magenta, 94.19% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 55.56°, with 89.01% saturation and 35.69% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.59.

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Relative luminance0.3393

Complementary

  1. #aca00a
  2. #0a16ac

Split complementary

  1. #aca00a
  2. #0a67ac
  3. #4f0aac

Analogous

  1. #ac4f0a
  2. #aca00a
  3. #67ac0a

Triadic

  1. #aca00a
  2. #0aaca0
  3. #a00aac

Tetradic

  1. #aca00a
  2. #16ac0a
  3. #0a16ac
  4. #a00aac

Square

  1. #aca00a
  2. #0aac4f
  3. #0a16ac
  4. #ac0a67

Monochromatic

  1. #1b1a02
  2. #645d06
  3. #aca00a
  4. #f1e111
  5. #f5ea5a

Shades

#aca00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca00a
  2. #9b9009
  3. #8a8008
  4. #787007
  5. #676006
  6. #565005
  7. #454004
  8. #343003
  9. #222002
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca00a
  2. #b4aa23
  3. #bdb33b
  4. #c5bd54
  5. #cdc66c
  6. #d6d085
  7. #ded99d
  8. #e6e3b6
  9. #eeecce
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca00a
  2. #a89d16
  3. #a39a22
  4. #9f962d
  5. #9a9339
  6. #969045
  7. #928d51
  8. #8d8a5d
  9. #898668
  10. #848374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39e7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a01e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca00a {
  color: #aca00a;
}
Background
.bg-aca00a {
  background-color: #aca00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca00a {
  border: 2px solid #aca00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 89% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca00a, #67ac0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.59 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.88 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.17 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.60 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 12.10 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.34 #535ff5 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Brass
#aca00a  rgb(172, 160, 10)  hsl(56, 89%, 36%)  Brass
#0a16ac  rgb(10, 22, 172)  hsl(236, 89%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0aaca0  rgb(10, 172, 160)  hsl(176, 89%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aac  rgb(160, 10, 172)  hsl(296, 89%, 36%)  Dark Magenta