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#ACA522

#aca522 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aca522 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 64.71% green and 13.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.07% magenta, 80.23% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 56.96°, with 66.99% saturation and 40.39% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.84.

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Relative luminance0.358

Complementary

  1. #aca522
  2. #2229ac

Split complementary

  1. #aca522
  2. #226eac
  3. #6022ac

Analogous

  1. #ac6022
  2. #aca522
  3. #6eac22

Triadic

  1. #aca522
  2. #22aca5
  3. #a522ac

Tetradic

  1. #aca522
  2. #29ac22
  3. #2229ac
  4. #a522ac

Square

  1. #aca522
  2. #22ac60
  3. #2229ac
  4. #ac226e

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2a09
  2. #6c6815
  3. #aca522
  4. #d9d241
  5. #e6e181

Shades

#aca522 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca522
  2. #9b951f
  3. #8a841b
  4. #787418
  5. #676314
  6. #565311
  7. #45420e
  8. #34320a
  9. #222107
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca522 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca522
  2. #b4ae38
  3. #bdb74e
  4. #c5c064
  5. #cdc97a
  6. #d6d291
  7. #dedba7
  8. #e6e4bd
  9. #eeedd3
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca522 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca522
  2. #a8a12b
  3. #a39e35
  4. #9f9a3e
  5. #9a9648
  6. #969351
  7. #928f5a
  8. #8d8b64
  9. #89876d
  10. #848477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a381 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a42e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a10f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a429 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b49e71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca522 {
  color: #aca522;
}
Background
.bg-aca522 {
  background-color: #aca522;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca522 {
  border: 2px solid #aca522;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca522;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 165 34;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 67% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca522 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca522, #6eac22);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca522 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 165 34 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.84 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.18 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.58 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.96 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.52 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.64 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.82 #535add Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aca522  rgb(172, 165, 34)  hsl(57, 67%, 40%)  Brass
#2229ac  rgb(34, 41, 172)  hsl(237, 67%, 40%)  Egyptian Blue
#22aca5  rgb(34, 172, 165)  hsl(177, 67%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a522ac  rgb(165, 34, 172)  hsl(297, 67%, 40%)  Dark Orchid