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#AAB12E

#aab12e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aab12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 69.41% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.95% cyan, 0% magenta, 74.01% yellow and 30.59% black. Its hue angle is 63.21°, with 58.74% saturation and 43.73% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.67.

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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #aab12e
  2. #352eb1

Split complementary

  1. #aab12e
  2. #2e69b1
  3. #772eb1

Analogous

  1. #b1772e
  2. #aab12e
  3. #69b12e

Triadic

  1. #aab12e
  2. #2eaab1
  3. #b12eaa

Tetradic

  1. #aab12e
  2. #2eb135
  3. #352eb1
  4. #b12eaa

Square

  1. #aab12e
  2. #2eb177
  3. #352eb1
  4. #b12e69

Monochromatic

  1. #35380e
  2. #70741e
  3. #aab12e
  4. #cdd458
  5. #dfe395

Shades

#aab12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aab12e
  2. #999f29
  3. #888e25
  4. #777c20
  5. #666a1c
  6. #555917
  7. #444712
  8. #33350e
  9. #222309
  10. #111205
  11. #000000

Tints

#aab12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aab12e
  2. #b3b943
  3. #bbc158
  4. #c4c86d
  5. #ccd082
  6. #d5d897
  7. #dde0ab
  8. #e6e8c0
  9. #eeefd5
  10. #f7f7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aab12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aab12e
  2. #a6ac36
  3. #a2a73e
  4. #9da247
  5. #999d4f
  6. #959957
  7. #91945f
  8. #8d8f67
  9. #888a70
  10. #848578
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaad89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfa912 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfab39 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6a698 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7ac20 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7ae35 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1ab7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aab12e {
  color: #aab12e;
}
Background
.bg-aab12e {
  background-color: #aab12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aab12e {
  border: 2px solid #aab12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aab12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 177 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 59% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aab12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aab12e, #69b12e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aab12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 177 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.67 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 6.79 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.08 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.19 #9acd32 Yellow Green ΔE 10.02 #bdda57 June Bud ΔE 10.81 #554ed1 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Brass
#aab12e  rgb(170, 177, 46)  hsl(63, 59%, 44%)  Brass
#352eb1  rgb(53, 46, 177)  hsl(243, 59%, 44%)  Persian Blue
#2eaab1  rgb(46, 170, 177)  hsl(183, 59%, 44%)  Verdigris
#b12eaa  rgb(177, 46, 170)  hsl(303, 59%, 44%)  Purpureus