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#ABA032

#aba032 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba032 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 62.75% green and 19.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.43% magenta, 70.76% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 54.55°, with 54.75% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.64.

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Relative luminance0.3403

Complementary

  1. #aba032
  2. #323dab

Split complementary

  1. #aba032
  2. #3279ab
  3. #6432ab

Analogous

  1. #ab6432
  2. #aba032
  3. #79ab32

Triadic

  1. #aba032
  2. #32aba0
  3. #a032ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba032
  2. #3dab32
  3. #323dab
  4. #a032ab

Square

  1. #aba032
  2. #32ab64
  3. #323dab
  4. #ab3279

Monochromatic

  1. #35310f
  2. #706921
  3. #aba032
  4. #cfc45b
  5. #e0d996

Shades

#aba032 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba032
  2. #9a902d
  3. #898028
  4. #787023
  5. #67601e
  6. #565019
  7. #444014
  8. #33300f
  9. #22200a
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba032 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba032
  2. #b3aa47
  3. #bcb35b
  4. #c4bd70
  5. #cdc684
  6. #d5d099
  7. #ddd9ad
  8. #e6e3c2
  9. #eeecd6
  10. #f7f6eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba032 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba032
  2. #a79d3a
  3. #a29a42
  4. #9e9649
  5. #9a9351
  6. #969059
  7. #918d61
  8. #8d8a69
  9. #898670
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a39f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ae9b21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a039 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8958a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9d29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afa036 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39971 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba032 {
  color: #aba032;
}
Background
.bg-aba032 {
  background-color: #aba032;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba032 {
  border: 2px solid #aba032;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba032;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 160 50;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 55% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba032 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba032, #79ab32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba032 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 160 50 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.64 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.79 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.02 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.55 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.31 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.92 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 11.98 #545fcd Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aba032  rgb(171, 160, 50)  hsl(55, 55%, 43%)  Brass
#323dab  rgb(50, 61, 171)  hsl(235, 55%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#32aba0  rgb(50, 171, 160)  hsl(175, 55%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a032ab  rgb(160, 50, 171)  hsl(295, 55%, 43%)  Purpureus