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#ACA71E

#aca71e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aca71e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 65.49% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.91% magenta, 82.56% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 57.89°, with 70.3% saturation and 39.61% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.365

Complementary

  1. #aca71e
  2. #1e23ac

Split complementary

  1. #aca71e
  2. #1e6aac
  3. #601eac

Analogous

  1. #ac601e
  2. #aca71e
  3. #6aac1e

Triadic

  1. #aca71e
  2. #1eaca7
  3. #a71eac

Tetradic

  1. #aca71e
  2. #23ac1e
  3. #1e23ac
  4. #a71eac

Square

  1. #aca71e
  2. #1eac60
  3. #1e23ac
  4. #ac1e6a

Monochromatic

  1. #2a2907
  2. #6b6813
  3. #aca71e
  4. #ddd73a
  5. #e8e47b

Shades

#aca71e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca71e
  2. #9b961b
  3. #8a8618
  4. #787515
  5. #676412
  6. #56540f
  7. #45430c
  8. #343209
  9. #222106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca71e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca71e
  2. #b4b035
  3. #bdb94b
  4. #c5c162
  5. #cdca78
  6. #d6d38f
  7. #dedca5
  8. #e6e5bc
  9. #eeedd2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca71e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca71e
  2. #a8a328
  3. #a39f32
  4. #9f9b3b
  5. #9a9745
  6. #96944f
  7. #929059
  8. #8d8c63
  9. #89886c
  10. #848476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a482 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a52b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a304 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a626 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca71e {
  color: #aca71e;
}
Background
.bg-aca71e {
  background-color: #aca71e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca71e {
  border: 2px solid #aca71e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca71e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 167 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 70% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca71e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca71e, #6aac1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca71e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 167 30 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.38 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.37 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.65 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.02 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.81 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.01 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.66 #5358e1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aca71e  rgb(172, 167, 30)  hsl(58, 70%, 40%)  Brass
#1e23ac  rgb(30, 35, 172)  hsl(238, 70%, 40%)  Zaffre
#1eaca7  rgb(30, 172, 167)  hsl(178, 70%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a71eac  rgb(167, 30, 172)  hsl(298, 70%, 40%)  Dark Orchid