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#ACA72E

#aca72e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aca72e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 65.49% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.91% magenta, 73.26% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 57.62°, with 57.8% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.54.

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Relative luminance0.3661

Complementary

  1. #aca72e
  2. #2e33ac

Split complementary

  1. #aca72e
  2. #2e72ac
  3. #682eac

Analogous

  1. #ac682e
  2. #aca72e
  3. #72ac2e

Triadic

  1. #aca72e
  2. #2eaca7
  3. #a72eac

Tetradic

  1. #aca72e
  2. #33ac2e
  3. #2e33ac
  4. #a72eac

Square

  1. #aca72e
  2. #2eac68
  3. #2e33ac
  4. #ac2e72

Monochromatic

  1. #33320e
  2. #706c1e
  3. #aca72e
  4. #d2cd55
  5. #e2de91

Shades

#aca72e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aca72e
  2. #9b9629
  3. #8a8625
  4. #787520
  5. #67641c
  6. #565417
  7. #454312
  8. #34320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aca72e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aca72e
  2. #b4b043
  3. #bdb958
  4. #c5c16d
  5. #cdca82
  6. #d6d397
  7. #dedcab
  8. #e6e5c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aca72e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aca72e
  2. #a8a336
  3. #a39f3e
  4. #9f9b47
  5. #9a974f
  6. #969457
  7. #92905f
  8. #8d8c67
  9. #898870
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a584 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a017 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a537 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a322 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a634 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a075 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aca72e {
  color: #aca72e;
}
Background
.bg-aca72e {
  background-color: #aca72e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aca72e {
  border: 2px solid #aca72e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aca72e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 167 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 58% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aca72e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca72e, #72ac2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aca72e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 167 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.64 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.79 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.05 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.27 #5358d1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aca72e  rgb(172, 167, 46)  hsl(58, 58%, 43%)  Brass
#2e33ac  rgb(46, 51, 172)  hsl(238, 58%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#2eaca7  rgb(46, 172, 167)  hsl(178, 58%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a72eac  rgb(167, 46, 172)  hsl(298, 58%, 43%)  Purpureus