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#ABA42E

#aba42e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba42e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 64.31% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 73.1% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 56.64°, 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.16.

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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #aba42e
  2. #2e35ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba42e
  2. #2e74ab
  3. #662eab

Analogous

  1. #ab662e
  2. #aba42e
  3. #74ab2e

Triadic

  1. #aba42e
  2. #2eaba4
  3. #a42eab

Tetradic

  1. #aba42e
  2. #35ab2e
  3. #2e35ab
  4. #a42eab

Square

  1. #aba42e
  2. #2eab66
  3. #2e35ab
  4. #ab2e74

Monochromatic

  1. #32300e
  2. #6f6a1e
  3. #aba42e
  4. #d1ca54
  5. #e1dd91

Shades

#aba42e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba42e
  2. #9a9429
  3. #898325
  4. #787320
  5. #67621c
  6. #565217
  7. #444212
  8. #33310e
  9. #222109
  10. #111005
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba42e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba42e
  2. #b3ad43
  3. #bcb658
  4. #c4bf6d
  5. #cdc882
  6. #d5d297
  7. #dddbab
  8. #e6e4c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba42e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba42e
  2. #a7a036
  3. #a29d3e
  4. #9e9947
  5. #9a964f
  6. #969257
  7. #918e5f
  8. #8d8b67
  9. #898770
  10. #848478
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29e18 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a337 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8998d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afa023 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a333 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39d73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba42e {
  color: #aba42e;
}
Background
.bg-aba42e {
  background-color: #aba42e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba42e {
  border: 2px solid #aba42e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba42e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 58% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba42e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba42e, #74ab2e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba42e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 46 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.16 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.77 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.82 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.26 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.66 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.79 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.08 #545bd1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba42e  rgb(171, 164, 46)  hsl(57, 58%, 43%)  Brass
#2e35ab  rgb(46, 53, 171)  hsl(237, 58%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#2eaba4  rgb(46, 171, 164)  hsl(177, 58%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a42eab  rgb(164, 46, 171)  hsl(297, 58%, 43%)  Purpureus