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#AEA72F

#aea72f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea72f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.49% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.02% magenta, 72.99% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 56.69°, with 57.47% saturation and 43.33% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3684

Complementary

  1. #aea72f
  2. #2f36ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea72f
  2. #2f75ae
  3. #672fae

Analogous

  1. #ae672f
  2. #aea72f
  3. #75ae2f

Triadic

  1. #aea72f
  2. #2faea7
  3. #a72fae

Tetradic

  1. #aea72f
  2. #36ae2f
  3. #2f36ae
  4. #a72fae

Square

  1. #aea72f
  2. #2fae67
  3. #2f36ae
  4. #ae2f75

Monochromatic

  1. #36330e
  2. #726d1f
  3. #aea72f
  4. #d2cb58
  5. #e2de94

Shades

#aea72f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea72f
  2. #9d962a
  3. #8b8626
  4. #7a7521
  5. #68641c
  6. #575418
  7. #464313
  8. #34320e
  9. #232109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea72f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea72f
  2. #b6b044
  3. #beb959
  4. #c6c16d
  5. #ceca82
  6. #d7d397
  7. #dfdcac
  8. #e7e5c1
  9. #efedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea72f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea72f
  2. #a9a337
  3. #a59f3f
  4. #a09b47
  5. #9c974f
  6. #979458
  7. #929060
  8. #8e8c68
  9. #898870
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a584 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a119 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a638 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a323 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a634 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a075 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea72f {
  color: #aea72f;
}
Background
.bg-aea72f {
  background-color: #aea72f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea72f {
  border: 2px solid #aea72f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea72f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 167 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea72f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea72f, #75ae2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea72f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 167 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.17 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.84 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.25 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.55 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.29 #5158d0 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea72f  rgb(174, 167, 47)  hsl(57, 57%, 43%)  Brass
#2f36ae  rgb(47, 54, 174)  hsl(237, 57%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2faea7  rgb(47, 174, 167)  hsl(177, 57%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a72fae  rgb(167, 47, 174)  hsl(297, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus