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#ABA707

#aba707 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba707 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.49% green and 2.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.34% magenta, 95.91% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 58.54°, 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.31.

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Relative luminance0.3631

Complementary

  1. #aba707
  2. #070bab

Split complementary

  1. #aba707
  2. #075dab
  3. #5507ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5507
  2. #aba707
  3. #5dab07

Triadic

  1. #aba707
  2. #07aba7
  3. #a707ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba707
  2. #0bab07
  3. #070bab
  4. #a707ab

Square

  1. #aba707
  2. #07ab55
  3. #070bab
  4. #ab075d

Monochromatic

  1. #181701
  2. #615f04
  3. #aba707
  4. #f4ef0a
  5. #f8f453

Shades

#aba707 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba707
  2. #9a9606
  3. #898606
  4. #787505
  5. #676404
  6. #565404
  7. #444303
  8. #333202
  9. #222101
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba707 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba707
  2. #b3b020
  3. #bcb939
  4. #c4c151
  5. #cdca6a
  6. #d5d383
  7. #dddc9c
  8. #e6e5b5
  9. #eeedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba707 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba707
  2. #a7a313
  3. #a29f1f
  4. #9e9b2b
  5. #9a9737
  6. #969444
  7. #919050
  8. #8d8c5c
  9. #898868
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a481 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a51f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a618 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba707 {
  color: #aba707;
}
Background
.bg-aba707 {
  background-color: #aba707;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba707 {
  border: 2px solid #aba707;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba707;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 167 7;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 92% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba707 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba707, #5dab07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba707 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 167 7 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.31 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.00 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.18 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.93 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.17 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.52 #5458f8 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba707  rgb(171, 167, 7)  hsl(59, 92%, 35%)  Brass
#070bab  rgb(7, 11, 171)  hsl(239, 92%, 35%)  Zaffre
#07aba7  rgb(7, 171, 167)  hsl(179, 92%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a707ab  rgb(167, 7, 171)  hsl(299, 92%, 35%)  Dark Magenta