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#AEA331

#aea331 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea331 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 63.92% green and 19.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 71.84% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 54.72°, with 56.05% saturation and 43.73% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.29.

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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #aea331
  2. #313cae

Split complementary

  1. #aea331
  2. #317bae
  3. #6531ae

Analogous

  1. #ae6531
  2. #aea331
  3. #7bae31

Triadic

  1. #aea331
  2. #31aea3
  3. #a331ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea331
  2. #3cae31
  3. #313cae
  4. #a331ae

Square

  1. #aea331
  2. #31ae65
  3. #313cae
  4. #ae317b

Monochromatic

  1. #37330f
  2. #726b20
  3. #aea331
  4. #d1c65b
  5. #e2db96

Shades

#aea331 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea331
  2. #9d932c
  3. #8b8227
  4. #7a7222
  5. #68621d
  6. #575219
  7. #464114
  8. #34310f
  9. #23210a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea331 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea331
  2. #b6ac46
  3. #beb55a
  4. #c6bf6f
  5. #cec883
  6. #d7d198
  7. #dfdaad
  8. #e7e3c1
  9. #efedd6
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea331 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea331
  2. #a9a039
  3. #a59c41
  4. #a09949
  5. #9c9551
  6. #979259
  7. #928e60
  8. #8e8b68
  9. #898770
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d1e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a339 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb988d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a027 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a336 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69c73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea331 {
  color: #aea331;
}
Background
.bg-aea331 {
  background-color: #aea331;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea331 {
  border: 2px solid #aea331;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea331;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 163 49;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 56% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea331 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea331, #7bae31);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea331 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 163 49 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.22 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.75 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.92 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.92 #515cce Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea331  rgb(174, 163, 49)  hsl(55, 56%, 44%)  Brass
#313cae  rgb(49, 60, 174)  hsl(235, 56%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#31aea3  rgb(49, 174, 163)  hsl(175, 56%, 44%)  Light Sea Green
#a331ae  rgb(163, 49, 174)  hsl(295, 56%, 44%)  Purpureus