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#AEA355

#aea355 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea355 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 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 51.15% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 52.58°, with 35.46% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.63.

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Relative luminance0.3585

Complementary

  1. #aea355
  2. #5560ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea355
  2. #558cae
  3. #7655ae

Analogous

  1. #ae7655
  2. #aea355
  3. #8cae55

Triadic

  1. #aea355
  2. #55aea3
  3. #a355ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea355
  2. #60ae55
  3. #5560ae
  4. #a355ae

Square

  1. #aea355
  2. #55ae76
  3. #5560ae
  4. #ae558c

Monochromatic

  1. #484322
  2. #7c743b
  3. #aea355
  4. #c7bf89
  5. #dfdbbd

Shades

#aea355 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea355
  2. #9d934d
  3. #8b8244
  4. #7a723c
  5. #686233
  6. #57522b
  7. #464122
  8. #34311a
  9. #232111
  10. #111009
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea355 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea355
  2. #b6ac66
  3. #beb577
  4. #c6bf88
  5. #cec899
  6. #d7d1aa
  7. #dfdabb
  8. #e7e3cc
  9. #efeddd
  10. #f7f6ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea355 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea355
  2. #a9a059
  3. #a59c5e
  4. #a09962
  5. #9c9566
  6. #97926b
  7. #928e6f
  8. #8e8b73
  9. #898777
  10. #85847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a289 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9f4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a458 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b99a91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa051 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a357 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b59d7d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea355 {
  color: #aea355;
}
Background
.bg-aea355 {
  background-color: #aea355;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea355 {
  border: 2px solid #aea355;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea355;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 163 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 35% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea355 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea355, #8cae55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea355 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 163 85 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.63 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.61 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.72 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.88 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.04 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 9.36 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.79 #515caa Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea355  rgb(174, 163, 85)  hsl(53, 35%, 51%)  Brass
#5560ae  rgb(85, 96, 174)  hsl(233, 35%, 51%)  Slate Blue
#55aea3  rgb(85, 174, 163)  hsl(173, 35%, 51%)  Verdigris
#a355ae  rgb(163, 85, 174)  hsl(293, 35%, 51%)  Purpureus