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#AEA73E

#aea73e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea73e 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 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.02% magenta, 64.37% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 56.25°, with 47.46% saturation and 46.27% 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 8.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.36.

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Relative luminance0.3698

Complementary

  1. #aea73e
  2. #3e45ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea73e
  2. #3e7dae
  3. #6f3eae

Analogous

  1. #ae6f3e
  2. #aea73e
  3. #7dae3e

Triadic

  1. #aea73e
  2. #3eaea7
  3. #a73eae

Tetradic

  1. #aea73e
  2. #45ae3e
  3. #3e45ae
  4. #a73eae

Square

  1. #aea73e
  2. #3eae6f
  3. #3e45ae
  4. #ae3e7d

Monochromatic

  1. #3d3b16
  2. #76712a
  3. #aea73e
  4. #cbc56d
  5. #dfdca6

Shades

#aea73e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea73e
  2. #9d9638
  3. #8b8632
  4. #7a752b
  5. #686425
  6. #57541f
  7. #464319
  8. #343213
  9. #23210c
  10. #111106
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea73e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea73e
  2. #b6b051
  3. #beb965
  4. #c6c178
  5. #ceca8b
  6. #d7d39f
  7. #dfdcb2
  8. #e7e5c5
  9. #efedd8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea73e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea73e
  2. #a9a345
  3. #a59f4b
  4. #a09b52
  5. #9c9758
  6. #97945f
  7. #929066
  8. #8e8c6c
  9. #898873
  10. #858479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a587 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5a131 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a644 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9c91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a436 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a642 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a179 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea73e {
  color: #aea73e;
}
Background
.bg-aea73e {
  background-color: #aea73e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea73e {
  border: 2px solid #aea73e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea73e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 167 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 47% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea73e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea73e, #7dae3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea73e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 167 62 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.36 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.50 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.56 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.45 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.41 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.88 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.91 #5158c1 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea73e  rgb(174, 167, 62)  hsl(56, 47%, 46%)  Brass
#3e45ae  rgb(62, 69, 174)  hsl(236, 47%, 46%)  Ocean Blue
#3eaea7  rgb(62, 174, 167)  hsl(176, 47%, 46%)  Verdigris
#a73eae  rgb(167, 62, 174)  hsl(296, 47%, 46%)  Purpureus