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#AEA408

#aea408 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea408 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 64.31% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.75% magenta, 95.4% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 56.39°, with 91.21% saturation and 35.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.3557

Complementary

  1. #aea408
  2. #0812ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea408
  2. #0865ae
  3. #5108ae

Analogous

  1. #ae5108
  2. #aea408
  3. #65ae08

Triadic

  1. #aea408
  2. #08aea4
  3. #a408ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea408
  2. #12ae08
  3. #0812ae
  4. #a408ae

Square

  1. #aea408
  2. #08ae51
  3. #0812ae
  4. #ae0865

Monochromatic

  1. #1c1a01
  2. #655f05
  3. #aea408
  4. #f4e60f
  5. #f7ee58

Shades

#aea408 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea408
  2. #9d9407
  3. #8b8306
  4. #7a7306
  5. #686205
  6. #575204
  7. #464203
  8. #343102
  9. #232102
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea408 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea408
  2. #b6ad21
  3. #beb639
  4. #c6bf52
  5. #cec86b
  6. #d7d284
  7. #dfdb9c
  8. #e7e4b5
  9. #efedce
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea408 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea408
  2. #a9a014
  3. #a59d20
  4. #a0992c
  5. #9c9638
  6. #979244
  7. #928e50
  8. #8e8b5c
  9. #898768
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a280 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a31e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a418 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79d6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea408 {
  color: #aea408;
}
Background
.bg-aea408 {
  background-color: #aea408;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea408 {
  border: 2px solid #aea408;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea408;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 164 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 91% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea408 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea408, #65ae08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea408 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 164 8 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.34 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.83 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.04 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.16 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.32 #515bf7 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea408  rgb(174, 164, 8)  hsl(56, 91%, 36%)  Brass
#0812ae  rgb(8, 18, 174)  hsl(236, 91%, 36%)  Zaffre
#08aea4  rgb(8, 174, 164)  hsl(176, 91%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a408ae  rgb(164, 8, 174)  hsl(296, 91%, 36%)  Dark Orchid