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#AEA41E

#aea41e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea41e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 64.31% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.75% magenta, 82.76% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 55.83°, with 70.59% saturation and 40% 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 8.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3564

Complementary

  1. #aea41e
  2. #1e28ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea41e
  2. #1e70ae
  3. #5c1eae

Analogous

  1. #ae5c1e
  2. #aea41e
  3. #70ae1e

Triadic

  1. #aea41e
  2. #1eaea4
  3. #a41eae

Tetradic

  1. #aea41e
  2. #28ae1e
  3. #1e28ae
  4. #a41eae

Square

  1. #aea41e
  2. #1eae5c
  3. #1e28ae
  4. #ae1e70

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2907
  2. #6d6613
  3. #aea41e
  4. #ddd23b
  5. #e9e17c

Shades

#aea41e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea41e
  2. #9d941b
  3. #8b8318
  4. #7a7315
  5. #686212
  6. #57520f
  7. #46420c
  8. #343109
  9. #232106
  10. #111003
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea41e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea41e
  2. #b6ad35
  3. #beb64b
  4. #c6bf62
  5. #cec878
  6. #d7d28f
  7. #dfdba5
  8. #e7e4bc
  9. #efedd2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea41e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea41e
  2. #a9a028
  3. #a59d32
  4. #a0993b
  5. #9c9645
  6. #97924f
  7. #928e59
  8. #8e8b63
  9. #89876c
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a281 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a42a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc988c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a006 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a426 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69d70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea41e {
  color: #aea41e;
}
Background
.bg-aea41e {
  background-color: #aea41e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea41e {
  border: 2px solid #aea41e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea41e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 164 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 71% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea41e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea41e, #70ae1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea41e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 164 30 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.12 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.30 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.47 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.23 #515be1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea41e  rgb(174, 164, 30)  hsl(56, 71%, 40%)  Brass
#1e28ae  rgb(30, 40, 174)  hsl(236, 71%, 40%)  Egyptian Blue
#1eaea4  rgb(30, 174, 164)  hsl(176, 71%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a41eae  rgb(164, 30, 174)  hsl(296, 71%, 40%)  Dark Orchid