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#ABA52F

#aba52f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba52f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 64.71% green and 18.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.51% magenta, 72.51% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.1°, with 56.88% saturation and 42.75% 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 3.27.

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Relative luminance0.3577

Complementary

  1. #aba52f
  2. #2f35ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba52f
  2. #2f73ab
  3. #672fab

Analogous

  1. #ab672f
  2. #aba52f
  3. #73ab2f

Triadic

  1. #aba52f
  2. #2faba5
  3. #a52fab

Tetradic

  1. #aba52f
  2. #35ab2f
  3. #2f35ab
  4. #a52fab

Square

  1. #aba52f
  2. #2fab67
  3. #2f35ab
  4. #ab2f73

Monochromatic

  1. #33310e
  2. #6f6b1f
  3. #aba52f
  4. #d1cb56
  5. #e1dd92

Shades

#aba52f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba52f
  2. #9a952a
  3. #898426
  4. #787421
  5. #67631c
  6. #565318
  7. #444213
  8. #33320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba52f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba52f
  2. #b3ae44
  3. #bcb759
  4. #c4c06d
  5. #cdc982
  6. #d5d297
  7. #dddbac
  8. #e6e4c1
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba52f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba52f
  2. #a7a137
  3. #a29e3f
  4. #9e9a47
  5. #9a964f
  6. #969358
  7. #918f60
  8. #8d8b68
  9. #898770
  10. #848478
  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 #a5a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b39f1a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a338 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89a8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a124 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a434 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39e74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba52f {
  color: #aba52f;
}
Background
.bg-aba52f {
  background-color: #aba52f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba52f {
  border: 2px solid #aba52f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba52f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 165 47;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba52f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba52f, #73ab2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba52f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 165 47 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.27 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.72 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.08 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.79 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.46 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.00 #545ad0 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba52f  rgb(171, 165, 47)  hsl(57, 57%, 43%)  Brass
#2f35ab  rgb(47, 53, 171)  hsl(237, 57%, 43%)  Egyptian Blue
#2faba5  rgb(47, 171, 165)  hsl(177, 57%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a52fab  rgb(165, 47, 171)  hsl(297, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus