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#AEA94A

#aea94a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aea94a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 66.27% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.87% magenta, 57.47% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 40.32% saturation and 48.63% 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 8.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.07.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3787

Complementary

  1. #aea94a
  2. #4a4fae

Split complementary

  1. #aea94a
  2. #4a81ae
  3. #774aae

Analogous

  1. #ae774a
  2. #aea94a
  3. #81ae4a

Triadic

  1. #aea94a
  2. #4aaea9
  3. #a94aae

Tetradic

  1. #aea94a
  2. #4fae4a
  3. #4a4fae
  4. #a94aae

Square

  1. #aea94a
  2. #4aae77
  3. #4a4fae
  4. #ae4a81

Monochromatic

  1. #43411c
  2. #787533
  3. #aea94a
  4. #c8c47d
  5. #dedcb3

Shades

#aea94a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aea94a
  2. #9d9843
  3. #8b873b
  4. #7a7634
  5. #68652c
  6. #575525
  7. #46441e
  8. #343316
  9. #23220f
  10. #111107
  11. #000000

Tints

#aea94a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aea94a
  2. #b6b25c
  3. #beba6e
  4. #c6c380
  5. #cecb92
  6. #d7d4a5
  7. #dfddb7
  8. #e7e5c9
  9. #efeedb
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aea94a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aea94a
  2. #a9a54f
  3. #a5a155
  4. #a09d5a
  5. #9c9960
  6. #979565
  7. #92906a
  8. #8e8c70
  9. #898875
  10. #85847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a78a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a340 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a74f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a644 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a84d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b5a37d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aea94a {
  color: #aea94a;
}
Background
.bg-aea94a {
  background-color: #aea94a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aea94a {
  border: 2px solid #aea94a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aea94a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 169 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 40% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aea94a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aea94a, #81ae4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aea94a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 169 74 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.20 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.25 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.04 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.80 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.06 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.39 #5156b5 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#aea94a  rgb(174, 169, 74)  hsl(57, 40%, 49%)  Brass
#4a4fae  rgb(74, 79, 174)  hsl(237, 40%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#4aaea9  rgb(74, 174, 169)  hsl(177, 40%, 49%)  Verdigris
#a94aae  rgb(169, 74, 174)  hsl(297, 40%, 49%)  Purpureus