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#AEA052

#aea052 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea052 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 62.75% green and 32.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 52.87% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 50.87°, with 36.22% saturation and 50.2% 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 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.3475

Complementary

  1. #aea052
  2. #5260ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea052
  2. #528eae
  3. #7252ae

Analogous

  1. #ae7252
  2. #aea052
  3. #8eae52

Triadic

  1. #aea052
  2. #52aea0
  3. #a052ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea052
  2. #60ae52
  3. #5260ae
  4. #a052ae

Square

  1. #aea052
  2. #52ae72
  3. #5260ae
  4. #ae528e

Monochromatic

  1. #464021
  2. #7a7039
  3. #aea052
  4. #c6bd86
  5. #dfd9ba

Shades

#aea052 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea052
  2. #9d904a
  3. #8b8042
  4. #7a7039
  5. #686031
  6. #575029
  7. #464021
  8. #343019
  9. #232010
  10. #111008
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea052 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea052
  2. #b6aa63
  3. #beb375
  4. #c6bd86
  5. #cec697
  6. #d7d0a9
  7. #dfd9ba
  8. #e7e3cb
  9. #efecdc
  10. #f7f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea052 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea052
  2. #a99d57
  3. #a59a5b
  4. #a09660
  5. #9c9364
  6. #979069
  7. #928d6e
  8. #8e8a72
  9. #898677
  10. #85837b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f87 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ad9c4b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1a255 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba968e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9e4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a154 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59a7a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea052 {
  color: #aea052;
}
Background
.bg-aea052 {
  background-color: #aea052;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea052 {
  border: 2px solid #aea052;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea052;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 82;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 36% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea052 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea052, #8eae52);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea052 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 82 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.00 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.71 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.19 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.11 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.76 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.07 #515fad Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#aea052  rgb(174, 160, 82)  hsl(51, 36%, 50%)  Brass
#5260ae  rgb(82, 96, 174)  hsl(231, 36%, 50%)  Slate Blue
#52aea0  rgb(82, 174, 160)  hsl(171, 36%, 50%)  Verdigris
#a052ae  rgb(160, 82, 174)  hsl(291, 36%, 50%)  Purpureus