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#AEA080

#aea080 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aea080 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 62.75% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.05% magenta, 26.44% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 41.74°, with 22.12% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 6.91.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.357

Complementary

  1. #aea080
  2. #808eae

Split complementary

  1. #aea080
  2. #80a5ae
  3. #8980ae

Analogous

  1. #ae8980
  2. #aea080
  3. #a5ae80

Triadic

  1. #aea080
  2. #80aea0
  3. #a080ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea080
  2. #8eae80
  3. #808eae
  4. #a080ae

Square

  1. #aea080
  2. #80ae89
  3. #808eae
  4. #ae80a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5b513a
  2. #8a7b58
  3. #aea080
  4. #ccc3af
  5. #eae6dd

Shades

#aea080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea080
  2. #9d9073
  3. #8b8066
  4. #7a705a
  5. #68604d
  6. #575040
  7. #464033
  8. #343026
  9. #23201a
  10. #11100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea080
  2. #b6aa8d
  3. #beb399
  4. #c6bda6
  5. #cec6b3
  6. #d7d0c0
  7. #dfd9cc
  8. #e7e3d9
  9. #efece6
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea080
  2. #a99d80
  3. #a59a80
  4. #a09680
  5. #9c9380
  6. #979080
  7. #928d80
  8. #8e8a80
  9. #898680
  10. #858380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a195 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89f7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba381 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9f7f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca281 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39d8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea080 {
  color: #aea080;
}
Background
.bg-aea080 {
  background-color: #aea080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea080 {
  border: 2px solid #aea080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 160 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 22% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea080, #a5ae80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 160 128 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.91 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.60 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.69 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.74 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.35 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.92 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 13.16 #515f7f Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Ecru
#aea080  rgb(174, 160, 128)  hsl(42, 22%, 59%)  Ecru
#808eae  rgb(128, 142, 174)  hsl(222, 22%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#80aea0  rgb(128, 174, 160)  hsl(162, 22%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a080ae  rgb(160, 128, 174)  hsl(282, 22%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty