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#ABA408

#aba408 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba408 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 95.32% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.42°, with 91.06% saturation and 35.1% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.9.

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Relative luminance0.3523

Complementary

  1. #aba408
  2. #080fab

Split complementary

  1. #aba408
  2. #0861ab
  3. #5208ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5208
  2. #aba408
  3. #61ab08

Triadic

  1. #aba408
  2. #08aba4
  3. #a408ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba408
  2. #0fab08
  3. #080fab
  4. #a408ab

Square

  1. #aba408
  2. #08ab52
  3. #080fab
  4. #ab0861

Monochromatic

  1. #191801
  2. #625e05
  3. #aba408
  4. #f4ea0c
  5. #f7f055

Shades

#aba408 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba408
  2. #9a9407
  3. #898306
  4. #787306
  5. #676205
  6. #565204
  7. #444203
  8. #333102
  9. #222102
  10. #111001
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba408 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba408
  2. #b3ad21
  3. #bcb639
  4. #c4bf52
  5. #cdc86b
  6. #d5d284
  7. #dddb9c
  8. #e6e4b5
  9. #eeedce
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba408 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba408
  2. #a7a014
  3. #a29d20
  4. #9e992c
  5. #9a9638
  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 8.05:1 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 #b6a31f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b9988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a318 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39d6e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba408 {
  color: #aba408;
}
Background
.bg-aba408 {
  background-color: #aba408;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba408 {
  border: 2px solid #aba408;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba408;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba408 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba408, #61ab08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba408 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 8 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.90 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.94 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.16 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.78 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.15 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.82 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.96 #545bf7 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba408  rgb(171, 164, 8)  hsl(57, 91%, 35%)  Brass
#080fab  rgb(8, 15, 171)  hsl(237, 91%, 35%)  Zaffre
#08aba4  rgb(8, 171, 164)  hsl(177, 91%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a408ab  rgb(164, 8, 171)  hsl(297, 91%, 35%)  Dark Magenta