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#ABA407

#aba407 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba407 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 64.31% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 95.91% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.44°, with 92.13% saturation and 34.9% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #aba407
  2. #070eab

Split complementary

  1. #aba407
  2. #0760ab
  3. #5207ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5207
  2. #aba407
  3. #60ab07

Triadic

  1. #aba407
  2. #07aba4
  3. #a407ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba407
  2. #0eab07
  3. #070eab
  4. #a407ab

Square

  1. #aba407
  2. #07ab52
  3. #070eab
  4. #ab0760

Monochromatic

  1. #181701
  2. #615e04
  3. #aba407
  4. #f4ea0a
  5. #f8f153

Shades

#aba407 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba407
  2. #9a9406
  3. #898306
  4. #787305
  5. #676204
  6. #565204
  7. #444203
  8. #333102
  9. #222101
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba407 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba407
  2. #b3ad20
  3. #bcb639
  4. #c4bf51
  5. #cdc86a
  6. #d5d283
  7. #dddb9c
  8. #e6e4b5
  9. #eeedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba407 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba407
  2. #a7a013
  3. #a29d1f
  4. #9e992b
  5. #9a9637
  6. #969244
  7. #918e50
  8. #8d8b5c
  9. #898768
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a27f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a31e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a317 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39d6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba407 {
  color: #aba407;
}
Background
.bg-aba407 {
  background-color: #aba407;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba407 {
  border: 2px solid #aba407;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba407;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 92% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba407 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba407, #60ab07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba407 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 7 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.18 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.79 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.18 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.82 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.97 #545bf8 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba407  rgb(171, 164, 7)  hsl(57, 92%, 35%)  Brass
#070eab  rgb(7, 14, 171)  hsl(237, 92%, 35%)  Zaffre
#07aba4  rgb(7, 171, 164)  hsl(177, 92%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a407ab  rgb(164, 7, 171)  hsl(297, 92%, 35%)  Dark Magenta