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#ACAA46

#acaa46 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#acaa46 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 66.67% green and 27.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.16% magenta, 59.3% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 58.82°, with 42.15% saturation and 47.45% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.77.

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Relative luminance0.3796

Complementary

  1. #acaa46
  2. #4648ac

Split complementary

  1. #acaa46
  2. #467bac
  3. #7746ac

Analogous

  1. #ac7746
  2. #acaa46
  3. #7bac46

Triadic

  1. #acaa46
  2. #46acaa
  3. #aa46ac

Tetradic

  1. #acaa46
  2. #48ac46
  3. #4648ac
  4. #aa46ac

Square

  1. #acaa46
  2. #46ac77
  3. #4648ac
  4. #ac467b

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3f1a
  2. #767430
  3. #acaa46
  4. #c8c677
  5. #deddad

Shades

#acaa46 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acaa46
  2. #9b993f
  3. #8a8838
  4. #787731
  5. #67662a
  6. #565523
  7. #45441c
  8. #343315
  9. #22220e
  10. #111107
  11. #000000

Tints

#acaa46 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acaa46
  2. #b4b359
  3. #bdbb6b
  4. #c5c47e
  5. #cdcc90
  6. #d6d5a3
  7. #deddb5
  8. #e6e6c8
  9. #eeeeda
  10. #f7f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acaa46 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acaa46
  2. #a8a64c
  3. #a3a252
  4. #9f9d57
  5. #9a995d
  6. #969563
  7. #929169
  8. #8d8d6f
  9. #898874
  10. #84847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a78a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a43b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a74c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a095 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a640 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a849 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a47d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acaa46 {
  color: #acaa46;
}
Background
.bg-acaa46 {
  background-color: #acaa46;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acaa46 {
  border: 2px solid #acaa46;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acaa46;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 170 70;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 42% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acaa46 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acaa46, #7bac46);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acaa46 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 170 70 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.77 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.84 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.40 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.82 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.37 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.60 #5355b9 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#acaa46  rgb(172, 170, 70)  hsl(59, 42%, 47%)  Brass
#4648ac  rgb(70, 72, 172)  hsl(239, 42%, 47%)  Ocean Blue
#46acaa  rgb(70, 172, 170)  hsl(179, 42%, 47%)  Verdigris
#aa46ac  rgb(170, 70, 172)  hsl(299, 42%, 47%)  Purpureus