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#AE9326

#ae9326 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae9326 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 57.65% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.52% magenta, 78.16% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 48.09°, with 64.15% saturation and 41.57% 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 7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.43.

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Relative luminance0.3001

Complementary

  1. #ae9326
  2. #2641ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9326
  2. #2685ae
  3. #4f26ae

Analogous

  1. #ae4f26
  2. #ae9326
  3. #85ae26

Triadic

  1. #ae9326
  2. #26ae93
  3. #9326ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9326
  2. #41ae26
  3. #2641ae
  4. #9326ae

Square

  1. #ae9326
  2. #26ae4f
  3. #2641ae
  4. #ae2685

Monochromatic

  1. #30290b
  2. #6f5e18
  3. #ae9326
  4. #d7bb49
  5. #e5d388

Shades

#ae9326 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9326
  2. #9d8422
  3. #8b761e
  4. #7a671b
  5. #685817
  6. #574a13
  7. #463b0f
  8. #342c0b
  9. #231d08
  10. #110f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9326 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9326
  2. #b69e3c
  3. #bea951
  4. #c6b367
  5. #cebe7d
  6. #d7c993
  7. #dfd4a8
  8. #e7dfbe
  9. #efe9d4
  10. #f7f4e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9326 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9326
  2. #a9912f
  3. #a58f38
  4. #a08d41
  5. #9c8b4a
  6. #978a53
  7. #92885c
  8. #8e8665
  9. #89846e
  10. #858277
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09478 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3900f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa982d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc877e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8911a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ac962a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b78c66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9326 {
  color: #ae9326;
}
Background
.bg-ae9326 {
  background-color: #ae9326;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9326 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9326;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9326;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 147 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 48 64% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9326 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9326, #85ae26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9326 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 147 38 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.43 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.38 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.75 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.99 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.69 #516cd9 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Brass
#ae9326  rgb(174, 147, 38)  hsl(48, 64%, 42%)  Brass
#2641ae  rgb(38, 65, 174)  hsl(228, 64%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#26ae93  rgb(38, 174, 147)  hsl(168, 64%, 42%)  Jungle Green
#9326ae  rgb(147, 38, 174)  hsl(288, 64%, 42%)  Dark Orchid