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#AEA820

#aea820 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aea820 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.88% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.45% magenta, 81.61% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 57.46°, with 68.93% saturation and 40.39% 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 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.3711

Complementary

  1. #aea820
  2. #2026ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea820
  2. #206dae
  3. #6120ae

Analogous

  1. #ae6120
  2. #aea820
  3. #6dae20

Triadic

  1. #aea820
  2. #20aea8
  3. #a820ae

Tetradic

  1. #aea820
  2. #26ae20
  3. #2026ae
  4. #a820ae

Square

  1. #aea820
  2. #20ae61
  3. #2026ae
  4. #ae206d

Monochromatic

  1. #2d2b08
  2. #6d6a14
  3. #aea820
  4. #dcd53f
  5. #e8e37f

Shades

#aea820 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea820
  2. #9d971d
  3. #8b861a
  4. #7a7616
  5. #686513
  6. #575410
  7. #46430d
  8. #34320a
  9. #232206
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea820 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea820
  2. #b6b136
  3. #beb94d
  4. #c6c263
  5. #cecb79
  6. #d7d490
  7. #dfdca6
  8. #e7e5bc
  9. #efeed2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea820 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea820
  2. #a9a42a
  3. #a5a033
  4. #a09c3d
  5. #9c9846
  6. #979450
  7. #92905a
  8. #8e8c63
  9. #89886d
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a683 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa62d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a409 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a728 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea820 {
  color: #aea820;
}
Background
.bg-aea820 {
  background-color: #aea820;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea820 {
  border: 2px solid #aea820;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea820;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 168 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 69% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea820 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea820, #6dae20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea820 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 168 32 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.03 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.22 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.42 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.20 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.28 #5157df Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea820  rgb(174, 168, 32)  hsl(57, 69%, 40%)  Brass
#2026ae  rgb(32, 38, 174)  hsl(237, 69%, 40%)  Zaffre
#20aea8  rgb(32, 174, 168)  hsl(177, 69%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a820ae  rgb(168, 32, 174)  hsl(297, 69%, 40%)  Dark Orchid