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#AEA82F

#aea82f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea82f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 65.88% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.45% magenta, 72.99% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 57.17°, 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.33.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3721

Complementary

  1. #aea82f
  2. #2f35ae

Split complementary

  1. #aea82f
  2. #2f74ae
  3. #692fae

Analogous

  1. #ae692f
  2. #aea82f
  3. #74ae2f

Triadic

  1. #aea82f
  2. #2faea8
  3. #a82fae

Tetradic

  1. #aea82f
  2. #35ae2f
  3. #2f35ae
  4. #a82fae

Square

  1. #aea82f
  2. #2fae69
  3. #2f35ae
  4. #ae2f74

Monochromatic

  1. #36340e
  2. #726e1f
  3. #aea82f
  4. #d2cc58
  5. #e2de94

Shades

#aea82f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea82f
  2. #9d972a
  3. #8b8626
  4. #7a7621
  5. #68651c
  6. #575418
  7. #464313
  8. #34320e
  9. #232209
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea82f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea82f
  2. #b6b144
  3. #beb959
  4. #c6c26d
  5. #cecb82
  6. #d7d497
  7. #dfdcac
  8. #e7e5c1
  9. #efeed5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea82f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea82f
  2. #a9a437
  3. #a5a03f
  4. #a09c47
  5. #9c984f
  6. #979458
  7. #929060
  8. #8e8c68
  9. #898870
  10. #858478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a685 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a218 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a638 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9d91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a423 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a735 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a176 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea82f {
  color: #aea82f;
}
Background
.bg-aea82f {
  background-color: #aea82f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea82f {
  border: 2px solid #aea82f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea82f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 168 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea82f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea82f, #74ae2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea82f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 168 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.28 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.21 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.76 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.40 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.24 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 12.36 #5157d0 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea82f  rgb(174, 168, 47)  hsl(57, 57%, 43%)  Brass
#2f35ae  rgb(47, 53, 174)  hsl(237, 57%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2faea8  rgb(47, 174, 168)  hsl(177, 57%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a82fae  rgb(168, 47, 174)  hsl(297, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus