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#AE9E56

#ae9e56 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ae9e56 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 61.96% green and 33.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.2% magenta, 50.57% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 49.09°, with 35.2% saturation and 50.98% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.3412

Complementary

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #5666ae

Split complementary

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #5692ae
  3. #7256ae

Analogous

  1. #ae7256
  2. #ae9e56
  3. #92ae56

Triadic

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #56ae9e
  3. #9e56ae

Tetradic

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #66ae56
  3. #5666ae
  4. #9e56ae

Square

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #56ae72
  3. #5666ae
  4. #ae5692

Monochromatic

  1. #484123
  2. #7c703b
  3. #ae9e56
  4. #c7bc8a
  5. #e0d9bd

Shades

#ae9e56 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #9d8e4d
  3. #8b7e45
  4. #7a6f3c
  5. #685f34
  6. #574f2b
  7. #463f22
  8. #342f1a
  9. #232011
  10. #111009
  11. #000000

Tints

#ae9e56 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #b6a867
  3. #beb178
  4. #c6bb89
  5. #cec59a
  6. #d7cfab
  7. #dfd8bb
  8. #e7e2cc
  9. #efecdd
  10. #f7f5ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ae9e56 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ae9e56
  2. #a99b5a
  3. #a5985e
  4. #a09563
  5. #9c9267
  6. #978f6b
  7. #928c6f
  8. #8e8973
  9. #898678
  10. #85837c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59e87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ab9b50 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa059 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba958d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac9c52 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #af9f58 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5987b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ae9e56 {
  color: #ae9e56;
}
Background
.bg-ae9e56 {
  background-color: #ae9e56;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ae9e56 {
  border: 2px solid #ae9e56;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ae9e56;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 158 86;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 35% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ae9e56 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ae9e56, #92ae56);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ae9e56 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 158 86 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.79 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.72 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.35 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.86 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.15 #5161a9 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#ae9e56  rgb(174, 158, 86)  hsl(49, 35%, 51%)  Brass
#5666ae  rgb(86, 102, 174)  hsl(229, 35%, 51%)  Queen Blue
#56ae9e  rgb(86, 174, 158)  hsl(169, 35%, 51%)  Verdigris
#9e56ae  rgb(158, 86, 174)  hsl(289, 35%, 51%)  Purpureus