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#AEA00A

#aea00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea00a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 94.25% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 54.88°, with 89.13% saturation and 36.08% 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 4.5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3416

Complementary

  1. #aea00a
  2. #0a18ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea00a
  2. #0a6aae
  3. #4e0aae

Analogous

  1. #ae4e0a
  2. #aea00a
  3. #6aae0a

Triadic

  1. #aea00a
  2. #0aaea0
  3. #a00aae

Tetradic

  1. #aea00a
  2. #18ae0a
  3. #0a18ae
  4. #a00aae

Square

  1. #aea00a
  2. #0aae4e
  3. #0a18ae
  4. #ae0a6a

Monochromatic

  1. #1d1b02
  2. #665d06
  3. #aea00a
  4. #f1de13
  5. #f6e85b

Shades

#aea00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea00a
  2. #9d9009
  3. #8b8008
  4. #7a7007
  5. #686006
  6. #575005
  7. #464004
  8. #343003
  9. #232002
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea00a
  2. #b6aa23
  3. #beb33b
  4. #c6bd54
  5. #cec66c
  6. #d7d085
  7. #dfd99d
  8. #e7e3b6
  9. #efecce
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea00a
  2. #a99d16
  3. #a59a22
  4. #a0962d
  5. #9c9339
  6. #979045
  7. #928d51
  8. #8e8a5d
  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 #b4a11e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a018 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea00a {
  color: #aea00a;
}
Background
.bg-aea00a {
  background-color: #aea00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea00a {
  border: 2px solid #aea00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 89% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea00a, #6aae0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.50 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.05 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.69 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.64 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.54 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.06 #515ff5 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aea00a  rgb(174, 160, 10)  hsl(55, 89%, 36%)  Brass
#0a18ae  rgb(10, 24, 174)  hsl(235, 89%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0aaea0  rgb(10, 174, 160)  hsl(175, 89%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aae  rgb(160, 10, 174)  hsl(295, 89%, 36%)  Dark Violet