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#AEA60F

#aea60f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea60f is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.1% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.6% magenta, 91.38% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 56.98°, with 84.13% saturation and 37.06% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.3631

Complementary

  1. #aea60f
  2. #0f17ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea60f
  2. #0f67ae
  3. #560fae

Analogous

  1. #ae560f
  2. #aea60f
  3. #67ae0f

Triadic

  1. #aea60f
  2. #0faea6
  3. #a60fae

Tetradic

  1. #aea60f
  2. #17ae0f
  3. #0f17ae
  4. #a60fae

Square

  1. #aea60f
  2. #0fae56
  3. #0f17ae
  4. #ae0f67

Monochromatic

  1. #212003
  2. #686309
  3. #aea60f
  4. #ece11e
  5. #f2eb64

Shades

#aea60f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea60f
  2. #9d950e
  3. #8b850c
  4. #7a740b
  5. #686409
  6. #575308
  7. #464206
  8. #343205
  9. #232103
  10. #111102
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea60f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea60f
  2. #b6af27
  3. #beb83f
  4. #c6c157
  5. #ceca6f
  6. #d7d387
  7. #dfdb9f
  8. #e7e4b7
  9. #efedcf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea60f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea60f
  2. #a9a21a
  3. #a59e26
  4. #a09b31
  5. #9c973c
  6. #979348
  7. #928f53
  8. #8e8b5e
  9. #898869
  10. #858475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b59f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a522 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9a8d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a51c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b69f70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea60f {
  color: #aea60f;
}
Background
.bg-aea60f {
  background-color: #aea60f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea60f {
  border: 2px solid #aea60f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea60f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 166 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 84% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea60f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea60f, #67ae0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea60f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 166 15 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.29 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.63 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.75 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.90 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.35 #5159f0 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea60f  rgb(174, 166, 15)  hsl(57, 84%, 37%)  Brass
#0f17ae  rgb(15, 23, 174)  hsl(237, 84%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0faea6  rgb(15, 174, 166)  hsl(177, 84%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a60fae  rgb(166, 15, 174)  hsl(297, 84%, 37%)  Dark Orchid