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#ABA41E

#aba41e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba41e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 82.46% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.02°, with 70.15% saturation and 39.41% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.06.

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Web safe#999933
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Relative luminance0.353

Complementary

  1. #aba41e
  2. #1e25ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba41e
  2. #1e6bab
  3. #5d1eab

Analogous

  1. #ab5d1e
  2. #aba41e
  3. #6bab1e

Triadic

  1. #aba41e
  2. #1eaba4
  3. #a41eab

Tetradic

  1. #aba41e
  2. #25ab1e
  3. #1e25ab
  4. #a41eab

Square

  1. #aba41e
  2. #1eab5d
  3. #1e25ab
  4. #ab1e6b

Monochromatic

  1. #292707
  2. #6a6613
  3. #aba41e
  4. #dcd439
  5. #e8e27a

Shades

#aba41e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba41e
  2. #9a941b
  3. #898318
  4. #787315
  5. #676212
  6. #56520f
  7. #44420c
  8. #333109
  9. #222106
  10. #111003
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba41e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba41e
  2. #b3ad35
  3. #bcb64b
  4. #c4bf62
  5. #cdc878
  6. #d5d28f
  7. #dddba5
  8. #e6e4bc
  9. #eeedd2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba41e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba41e
  2. #a7a028
  3. #a29d32
  4. #9e993b
  5. #9a9645
  6. #96924f
  7. #918e59
  8. #8d8b63
  9. #89876c
  10. #848476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a280 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a32b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8988c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a006 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a326 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39d70 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba41e {
  color: #aba41e;
}
Background
.bg-aba41e {
  background-color: #aba41e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba41e {
  border: 2px solid #aba41e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba41e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 70% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba41e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba41e, #6bab1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba41e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 30 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.49 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.81 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.30 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.67 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.72 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.80 #545be1 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba41e  rgb(171, 164, 30)  hsl(57, 70%, 39%)  Brass
#1e25ab  rgb(30, 37, 171)  hsl(237, 70%, 39%)  Zaffre
#1eaba4  rgb(30, 171, 164)  hsl(177, 70%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a41eab  rgb(164, 30, 171)  hsl(297, 70%, 39%)  Dark Orchid