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#ABA507

#aba507 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba507 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 64.71% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.51% magenta, 95.91% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.8°, 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 8.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.04.

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Relative luminance0.3558

Complementary

  1. #aba507
  2. #070dab

Split complementary

  1. #aba507
  2. #075fab
  3. #5307ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5307
  2. #aba507
  3. #5fab07

Triadic

  1. #aba507
  2. #07aba5
  3. #a507ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba507
  2. #0dab07
  3. #070dab
  4. #a507ab

Square

  1. #aba507
  2. #07ab53
  3. #070dab
  4. #ab075f

Monochromatic

  1. #181701
  2. #615e04
  3. #aba507
  4. #f4ec0a
  5. #f8f253

Shades

#aba507 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba507
  2. #9a9506
  3. #898406
  4. #787405
  5. #676304
  6. #565304
  7. #444203
  8. #333202
  9. #222101
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba507 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba507
  2. #b3ae20
  3. #bcb739
  4. #c4c051
  5. #cdc96a
  6. #d5d283
  7. #dddb9c
  8. #e6e4b5
  9. #eeedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba507 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba507
  2. #a7a113
  3. #a29e1f
  4. #9e9a2b
  5. #9a9637
  6. #969344
  7. #918f50
  8. #8d8b5c
  9. #898768
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5a380 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a31f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b8998c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a418 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39e6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba507 {
  color: #aba507;
}
Background
.bg-aba507 {
  background-color: #aba507;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba507 {
  border: 2px solid #aba507;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba507;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 165 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 92% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba507 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba507, #5fab07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba507 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 165 7 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.04 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.17 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.90 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.08 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.51 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.83 #545af8 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba507  rgb(171, 165, 7)  hsl(58, 92%, 35%)  Brass
#070dab  rgb(7, 13, 171)  hsl(238, 92%, 35%)  Zaffre
#07aba5  rgb(7, 171, 165)  hsl(178, 92%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a507ab  rgb(165, 7, 171)  hsl(298, 92%, 35%)  Dark Magenta