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#ABA71C

#aba71c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba71c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.34% magenta, 83.63% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 58.32°, with 71.86% saturation and 39.02% 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 8.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.3638

Complementary

  1. #aba71c
  2. #1c20ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba71c
  2. #1c68ab
  3. #5f1cab

Analogous

  1. #ab5f1c
  2. #aba71c
  3. #68ab1c

Triadic

  1. #aba71c
  2. #1caba7
  3. #a71cab

Tetradic

  1. #aba71c
  2. #20ab1c
  3. #1c20ab
  4. #a71cab

Square

  1. #aba71c
  2. #1cab5f
  3. #1c20ab
  4. #ab1c68

Monochromatic

  1. #282706
  2. #696711
  3. #aba71c
  4. #ded935
  5. #e9e677

Shades

#aba71c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba71c
  2. #9a9619
  3. #898616
  4. #787514
  5. #676411
  6. #56540e
  7. #44430b
  8. #333208
  9. #222106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba71c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba71c
  2. #b3b033
  3. #bcb949
  4. #c4c160
  5. #cdca77
  6. #d5d38e
  7. #dddca4
  8. #e6e5bb
  9. #eeedd2
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba71c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba71c
  2. #a7a326
  3. #a29f30
  4. #9e9b3a
  5. #9a9744
  6. #96944e
  7. #919058
  8. #8d8c62
  9. #89886c
  10. #848476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a482 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a52a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a625 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba71c {
  color: #aba71c;
}
Background
.bg-aba71c {
  background-color: #aba71c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba71c {
  border: 2px solid #aba71c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba71c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 167 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 72% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba71c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba71c, #68ab1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba71c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 167 28 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.63 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.15 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.07 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.76 #5458e3 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba71c  rgb(171, 167, 28)  hsl(58, 72%, 39%)  Brass
#1c20ab  rgb(28, 32, 171)  hsl(238, 72%, 39%)  Zaffre
#1caba7  rgb(28, 171, 167)  hsl(178, 72%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a71cab  rgb(167, 28, 171)  hsl(298, 72%, 39%)  Dark Orchid