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#AEA02C

#aea02c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea02c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 74.71% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 53.54°, with 59.63% saturation and 42.75% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.3432

Complementary

  1. #aea02c
  2. #2c3aae

Split complementary

  1. #aea02c
  2. #2c7bae
  3. #5f2cae

Analogous

  1. #ae5f2c
  2. #aea02c
  3. #7bae2c

Triadic

  1. #aea02c
  2. #2caea0
  3. #a02cae

Tetradic

  1. #aea02c
  2. #3aae2c
  3. #2c3aae
  4. #a02cae

Square

  1. #aea02c
  2. #2cae5f
  3. #2c3aae
  4. #ae2c7b

Monochromatic

  1. #34300d
  2. #71681d
  3. #aea02c
  4. #d4c653
  5. #e3da90

Shades

#aea02c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea02c
  2. #9d9028
  3. #8b8023
  4. #7a701f
  5. #68601a
  6. #575016
  7. #464012
  8. #34300d
  9. #232009
  10. #111004
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea02c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea02c
  2. #b6aa41
  3. #beb356
  4. #c6bd6b
  5. #cec680
  6. #d7d096
  7. #dfd9ab
  8. #e7e3c0
  9. #efecd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea02c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea02c
  2. #a99d34
  3. #a59a3d
  4. #a09645
  5. #9c934e
  6. #979056
  7. #928d5e
  8. #8e8a67
  9. #89866f
  10. #858378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b16 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a134 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc948a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d21 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a131 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea02c {
  color: #aea02c;
}
Background
.bg-aea02c {
  background-color: #aea02c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea02c {
  border: 2px solid #aea02c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea02c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 60% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea02c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea02c, #7bae2c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea02c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 44 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.39 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.03 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.48 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.94 #515fd3 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aea02c  rgb(174, 160, 44)  hsl(54, 60%, 43%)  Brass
#2c3aae  rgb(44, 58, 174)  hsl(234, 60%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2caea0  rgb(44, 174, 160)  hsl(174, 60%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a02cae  rgb(160, 44, 174)  hsl(294, 60%, 43%)  Dark Orchid