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#ABA12E

#aba12e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba12e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 63.14% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.85% magenta, 73.1% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 55.2°, with 57.6% saturation and 42.55% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.3434

Complementary

  1. #aba12e
  2. #2e38ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba12e
  2. #2e77ab
  3. #632eab

Analogous

  1. #ab632e
  2. #aba12e
  3. #77ab2e

Triadic

  1. #aba12e
  2. #2eaba1
  3. #a12eab

Tetradic

  1. #aba12e
  2. #38ab2e
  3. #2e38ab
  4. #a12eab

Square

  1. #aba12e
  2. #2eab63
  3. #2e38ab
  4. #ab2e77

Monochromatic

  1. #322f0e
  2. #6f681e
  3. #aba12e
  4. #d1c754
  5. #e1db91

Shades

#aba12e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba12e
  2. #9a9129
  3. #898125
  4. #787120
  5. #67611c
  6. #565117
  7. #444012
  8. #33300e
  9. #222009
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba12e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba12e
  2. #b3aa43
  3. #bcb458
  4. #c4bd6d
  5. #cdc782
  6. #d5d097
  7. #ddd9ab
  8. #e6e3c0
  9. #eeecd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba12e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba12e
  2. #a79e36
  3. #a29a3e
  4. #9e9747
  5. #9a944f
  6. #969157
  7. #918d5f
  8. #8d8a67
  9. #898770
  10. #848378
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a136 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8968b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae9e23 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a133 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39a71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba12e {
  color: #aba12e;
}
Background
.bg-aba12e {
  background-color: #aba12e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba12e {
  border: 2px solid #aba12e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba12e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 161 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 58% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba12e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba12e, #77ab2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba12e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 161 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.86 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.89 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.91 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.36 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.83 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.17 #545ed1 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#aba12e  rgb(171, 161, 46)  hsl(55, 58%, 43%)  Brass
#2e38ab  rgb(46, 56, 171)  hsl(235, 58%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2eaba1  rgb(46, 171, 161)  hsl(175, 58%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a12eab  rgb(161, 46, 171)  hsl(295, 58%, 43%)  Purpureus