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#ABA62D

#aba62d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba62d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.1% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.92% magenta, 73.68% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.62°, with 58.33% saturation and 42.35% 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 3.58.

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Relative luminance0.3612

Complementary

  1. #aba62d
  2. #2d32ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba62d
  2. #2d71ab
  3. #672dab

Analogous

  1. #ab672d
  2. #aba62d
  3. #71ab2d

Triadic

  1. #aba62d
  2. #2daba6
  3. #a62dab

Tetradic

  1. #aba62d
  2. #32ab2d
  3. #2d32ab
  4. #a62dab

Square

  1. #aba62d
  2. #2dab67
  3. #2d32ab
  4. #ab2d71

Monochromatic

  1. #32300d
  2. #6e6b1d
  3. #aba62d
  4. #d2cd53
  5. #e2de8f

Shades

#aba62d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba62d
  2. #9a9529
  3. #898524
  4. #787420
  5. #67641b
  6. #565317
  7. #444212
  8. #33320e
  9. #222109
  10. #111105
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba62d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba62d
  2. #b3af42
  3. #bcb857
  4. #c4c16c
  5. #cdca81
  6. #d5d396
  7. #dddbab
  8. #e6e4c0
  9. #eeedd5
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba62d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba62d
  2. #a7a235
  3. #a29e3e
  4. #9e9b46
  5. #9a974e
  6. #969357
  7. #918f5f
  8. #8d8b67
  9. #89886f
  10. #848478
  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 #b49f15 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a436 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a221 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a533 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b39f74 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba62d {
  color: #aba62d;
}
Background
.bg-aba62d {
  background-color: #aba62d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba62d {
  border: 2px solid #aba62d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba62d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 166 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 58% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba62d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba62d, #71ab2d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba62d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 166 45 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.82 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.13 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.91 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.11 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.16 #5459d2 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba62d  rgb(171, 166, 45)  hsl(58, 58%, 42%)  Brass
#2d32ab  rgb(45, 50, 171)  hsl(238, 58%, 42%)  Egyptian Blue
#2daba6  rgb(45, 171, 166)  hsl(178, 58%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a62dab  rgb(166, 45, 171)  hsl(298, 58%, 42%)  Purpureus