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#AE950B

#ae950b ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ae950b is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 58.43% green and 4.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.37% magenta, 93.68% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 50.8°, with 88.11% saturation and 36.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.4.

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Relative luminance0.3052

Complementary

  1. #ae950b
  2. #0b24ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae950b
  2. #0b75ae
  3. #430bae

Analogous

  1. #ae430b
  2. #ae950b
  3. #75ae0b

Triadic

  1. #ae950b
  2. #0bae95
  3. #950bae

Tetradic

  1. #ae950b
  2. #24ae0b
  3. #0b24ae
  4. #950bae

Square

  1. #ae950b
  2. #0bae43
  3. #0b24ae
  4. #ae0b75

Monochromatic

  1. #1e1a02
  2. #665706
  3. #ae950b
  4. #f0cf15
  5. #f5de5d

Shades

#ae950b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae950b
  2. #9d860a
  3. #8b7709
  4. #7a6808
  5. #685907
  6. #574b06
  7. #463c04
  8. #342d03
  9. #231e02
  10. #110f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae950b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae950b
  2. #b6a023
  3. #beaa3c
  4. #c6b554
  5. #cebf6d
  6. #d7ca85
  7. #dfd59d
  8. #e7dfb6
  9. #efeace
  10. #f7f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae950b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae950b
  2. #a99317
  3. #a59122
  4. #a08f2e
  5. #9c8d3a
  6. #978b46
  7. #928851
  8. #8e865d
  9. #898469
  10. #858274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09677 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac991b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd887f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9816 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b78e64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae950b {
  color: #ae950b;
}
Background
.bg-ae950b {
  background-color: #ae950b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae950b {
  border: 2px solid #ae950b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae950b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 149 11;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 88% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae950b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae950b, #75ae0b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae950b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 149 11 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.40 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.53 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.99 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.90 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.00 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.67 #516af4 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#ae950b  rgb(174, 149, 11)  hsl(51, 88%, 36%)  Brass
#0b24ae  rgb(11, 36, 174)  hsl(231, 88%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0bae95  rgb(11, 174, 149)  hsl(171, 88%, 36%)  Persian Green
#950bae  rgb(149, 11, 174)  hsl(291, 88%, 36%)  Dark Violet