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#AEA024

#aea024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 79.31% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 53.91°, with 65.71% saturation and 41.18% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.3427

Complementary

  1. #aea024
  2. #2432ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea024
  2. #2477ae
  3. #5b24ae

Analogous

  1. #ae5b24
  2. #aea024
  3. #77ae24

Triadic

  1. #aea024
  2. #24aea0
  3. #a024ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea024
  2. #32ae24
  3. #2432ae
  4. #a024ae

Square

  1. #aea024
  2. #24ae5b
  3. #2432ae
  4. #ae2477

Monochromatic

  1. #2f2b0a
  2. #6f6617
  3. #aea024
  4. #d9ca46
  5. #e6dc85

Shades

#aea024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea024
  2. #9d9020
  3. #8b801d
  4. #7a7019
  5. #686016
  6. #575012
  7. #46400e
  8. #34300b
  9. #232007
  10. #111004
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea024
  2. #b6aa3a
  3. #beb350
  4. #c6bd66
  5. #cec67c
  6. #d7d092
  7. #dfd9a7
  8. #e7e3bd
  9. #efecd3
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea024
  2. #a99d2d
  3. #a59a36
  4. #a09640
  5. #9c9349
  6. #979052
  7. #928d5b
  8. #8e8a64
  9. #89866e
  10. #858377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a12e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a12a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea024 {
  color: #aea024;
}
Background
.bg-aea024 {
  background-color: #aea024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea024 {
  border: 2px solid #aea024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 66% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea024, #77ae24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.37 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.95 #515fdb Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aea024  rgb(174, 160, 36)  hsl(54, 66%, 41%)  Brass
#2432ae  rgb(36, 50, 174)  hsl(234, 66%, 41%)  Egyptian Blue
#24aea0  rgb(36, 174, 160)  hsl(174, 66%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#a024ae  rgb(160, 36, 174)  hsl(294, 66%, 41%)  Dark Orchid