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#AEA71A

#aea71a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea71a is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.49% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.02% magenta, 85.06% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 57.16°, with 74% saturation and 39.22% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3671

Complementary

  1. #aea71a
  2. #1a21ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea71a
  2. #1a6bae
  3. #5d1aae

Analogous

  1. #ae5d1a
  2. #aea71a
  3. #6bae1a

Triadic

  1. #aea71a
  2. #1aaea7
  3. #a71aae

Tetradic

  1. #aea71a
  2. #21ae1a
  3. #1a21ae
  4. #a71aae

Square

  1. #aea71a
  2. #1aae5d
  3. #1a21ae
  4. #ae1a6b

Monochromatic

  1. #292706
  2. #6b6710
  3. #aea71a
  4. #e1d834
  5. #ebe576

Shades

#aea71a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea71a
  2. #9d9617
  3. #8b8615
  4. #7a7512
  5. #686410
  6. #57540d
  7. #46430a
  8. #343208
  9. #232105
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea71a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea71a
  2. #b6b031
  3. #beb948
  4. #c6c15f
  5. #ceca76
  6. #d7d38d
  7. #dfdca3
  8. #e7e5ba
  9. #efedd1
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea71a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea71a
  2. #a9a324
  3. #a59f2e
  4. #a09b39
  5. #9c9743
  6. #97944d
  7. #929057
  8. #8e8c61
  9. #89886c
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a582 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a628 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a623 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea71a {
  color: #aea71a;
}
Background
.bg-aea71a {
  background-color: #aea71a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea71a {
  border: 2px solid #aea71a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea71a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 167 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 74% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea71a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea71a, #6bae1a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea71a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 167 26 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.22 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.31 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.53 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.33 #5158e5 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea71a  rgb(174, 167, 26)  hsl(57, 74%, 39%)  Brass
#1a21ae  rgb(26, 33, 174)  hsl(237, 74%, 39%)  Zaffre
#1aaea7  rgb(26, 174, 167)  hsl(177, 74%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a71aae  rgb(167, 26, 174)  hsl(297, 74%, 39%)  Dark Orchid