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#AE993A

#ae993a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae993a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 60% green and 22.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 12.07% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 49.14°, with 50% saturation and 45.49% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3209

Complementary

  1. #ae993a
  2. #3a4fae

Split complementary

  1. #ae993a
  2. #3a89ae
  3. #5f3aae

Analogous

  1. #ae5f3a
  2. #ae993a
  3. #89ae3a

Triadic

  1. #ae993a
  2. #3aae99
  3. #993aae

Tetradic

  1. #ae993a
  2. #4fae3a
  3. #3a4fae
  4. #993aae

Square

  1. #ae993a
  2. #3aae5f
  3. #3a4fae
  4. #ae3a89

Monochromatic

  1. #3b3414
  2. #756727
  3. #ae993a
  4. #cdba68
  5. #e0d4a1

Shades

#ae993a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae993a
  2. #9d8a34
  3. #8b7a2e
  4. #7a6b29
  5. #685c23
  6. #574d1d
  7. #463d17
  8. #342e11
  9. #231f0c
  10. #110f06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae993a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae993a
  2. #b6a34e
  3. #bead61
  4. #c6b875
  5. #cec289
  6. #d7cc9d
  7. #dfd6b0
  8. #e7e0c4
  9. #efebd8
  10. #f7f5eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae993a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae993a
  2. #a99741
  3. #a59448
  4. #a0924f
  5. #9c8f56
  6. #978d5d
  7. #928a64
  8. #8e886b
  9. #898572
  10. #858379
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2997e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8962e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9c3f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb8e85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9733 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9b3d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6926f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae993a {
  color: #ae993a;
}
Background
.bg-ae993a {
  background-color: #ae993a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae993a {
  border: 2px solid #ae993a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae993a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 153 58;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 50% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae993a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae993a, #89ae3a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae993a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 153 58 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.78 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.87 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.70 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.84 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.57 #5166c5 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Brass
#ae993a  rgb(174, 153, 58)  hsl(49, 50%, 45%)  Brass
#3a4fae  rgb(58, 79, 174)  hsl(229, 50%, 45%)  Sapphire
#3aae99  rgb(58, 174, 153)  hsl(169, 50%, 45%)  Persian Green
#993aae  rgb(153, 58, 174)  hsl(289, 50%, 45%)  Purpureus