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#ABA44C

#aba44c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba44c 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 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 55.56% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 55.58°, with 38.46% saturation and 48.43% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.3573

Complementary

  1. #aba44c
  2. #4c53ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba44c
  2. #4c82ab
  3. #744cab

Analogous

  1. #ab744c
  2. #aba44c
  3. #82ab4c

Triadic

  1. #aba44c
  2. #4caba4
  3. #a44cab

Tetradic

  1. #aba44c
  2. #53ab4c
  3. #4c53ab
  4. #a44cab

Square

  1. #aba44c
  2. #4cab74
  3. #4c53ab
  4. #ab4c82

Monochromatic

  1. #413e1d
  2. #767134
  3. #aba44c
  4. #c6c07e
  5. #dddab3

Shades

#aba44c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba44c
  2. #9a9444
  3. #89833d
  4. #787335
  5. #67622e
  6. #565226
  7. #44421e
  8. #333117
  9. #22210f
  10. #111008
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba44c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba44c
  2. #b3ad5e
  3. #bcb670
  4. #c4bf82
  5. #cdc894
  6. #d5d2a6
  7. #dddbb7
  8. #e6e4c9
  9. #eeeddb
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba44c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba44c
  2. #a7a051
  3. #a29d56
  4. #9e995c
  5. #9a9661
  6. #969266
  7. #918e6b
  8. #8d8b70
  9. #898776
  10. #84847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a287 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19f43 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a350 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69a90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aea147 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0a44f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b29e7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba44c {
  color: #aba44c;
}
Background
.bg-aba44c {
  background-color: #aba44c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba44c {
  border: 2px solid #aba44c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba44c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 164 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 38% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba44c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba44c, #82ab4c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba44c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 164 76 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.85 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.93 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.86 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.43 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.38 #545bb3 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba44c  rgb(171, 164, 76)  hsl(56, 38%, 48%)  Brass
#4c53ab  rgb(76, 83, 171)  hsl(236, 38%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#4caba4  rgb(76, 171, 164)  hsl(176, 38%, 48%)  Verdigris
#a44cab  rgb(164, 76, 171)  hsl(296, 38%, 48%)  Purpureus