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#AEA006

#aea006 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea006 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 62.75% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 96.55% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 55°, with 93.33% saturation and 35.29% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.3415

Complementary

  1. #aea006
  2. #0614ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea006
  2. #0668ae
  3. #4c06ae

Analogous

  1. #ae4c06
  2. #aea006
  3. #68ae06

Triadic

  1. #aea006
  2. #06aea0
  3. #a006ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea006
  2. #14ae06
  3. #0614ae
  4. #a006ae

Square

  1. #aea006
  2. #06ae4c
  3. #0614ae
  4. #ae0668

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1801
  2. #645c03
  3. #aea006
  4. #f7e30a
  5. #f9eb54

Shades

#aea006 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea006
  2. #9d9005
  3. #8b8005
  4. #7a7004
  5. #686004
  6. #575003
  7. #464002
  8. #343002
  9. #232001
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea006 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea006
  2. #b6aa1f
  3. #beb338
  4. #c6bd51
  5. #cec66a
  6. #d7d083
  7. #dfd99b
  8. #e7e3b4
  9. #efeccd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea006 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea006
  2. #a99d12
  3. #a59a1e
  4. #a0962b
  5. #9c9337
  6. #979043
  7. #928d4f
  8. #8e8a5b
  9. #898668
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09a00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a11c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a016 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7996b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea006 {
  color: #aea006;
}
Background
.bg-aea006 {
  background-color: #aea006;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea006 {
  border: 2px solid #aea006;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea006;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 93% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea006 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea006, #68ae06);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea006 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 6 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.57 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.71 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.75 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.55 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.07 #515ff9 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aea006  rgb(174, 160, 6)  hsl(55, 93%, 35%)  Brass
#0614ae  rgb(6, 20, 174)  hsl(235, 93%, 35%)  Zaffre
#06aea0  rgb(6, 174, 160)  hsl(175, 93%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a006ae  rgb(160, 6, 174)  hsl(295, 93%, 35%)  Dark Violet