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#ABA62A

#aba62a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba62a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.1% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.92% magenta, 75.44% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.67°, with 60.56% saturation and 41.76% 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 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.361

Complementary

  1. #aba62a
  2. #2a2fab

Split complementary

  1. #aba62a
  2. #2a6fab
  3. #652aab

Analogous

  1. #ab652a
  2. #aba62a
  3. #6fab2a

Triadic

  1. #aba62a
  2. #2aaba6
  3. #a62aab

Tetradic

  1. #aba62a
  2. #2fab2a
  3. #2a2fab
  4. #a62aab

Square

  1. #aba62a
  2. #2aab65
  3. #2a2fab
  4. #ab2a6f

Monochromatic

  1. #302f0c
  2. #6e6a1b
  3. #aba62a
  4. #d4ce4e
  5. #e3df8b

Shades

#aba62a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba62a
  2. #9a9526
  3. #898522
  4. #78741d
  5. #676419
  6. #565315
  7. #444211
  8. #33320d
  9. #222108
  10. #111104
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba62a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba62a
  2. #b3af3f
  3. #bcb855
  4. #c4c16a
  5. #cdca7f
  6. #d5d395
  7. #dddbaa
  8. #e6e4bf
  9. #eeedd4
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba62a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba62a
  2. #a7a233
  3. #a29e3b
  4. #9e9b44
  5. #9a974c
  6. #969355
  7. #918f5e
  8. #8d8b66
  9. #89886f
  10. #848477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a483 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f0e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a434 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a21c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a530 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39f73 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba62a {
  color: #aba62a;
}
Background
.bg-aba62a {
  background-color: #aba62a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba62a {
  border: 2px solid #aba62a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba62a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 166 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 61% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba62a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba62a, #6fab2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba62a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 166 42 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.74 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.83 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.35 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.91 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.09 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.37 #5459d5 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba62a  rgb(171, 166, 42)  hsl(58, 61%, 42%)  Brass
#2a2fab  rgb(42, 47, 171)  hsl(238, 61%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2aaba6  rgb(42, 171, 166)  hsl(178, 61%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a62aab  rgb(166, 42, 171)  hsl(298, 61%, 42%)  Purpureus