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#ABA71E

#aba71e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba71e 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 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.34% magenta, 82.46% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 58.3°, with 70.15% saturation and 39.41% 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 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.3639

Complementary

  1. #aba71e
  2. #1e22ab

Split complementary

  1. #aba71e
  2. #1e68ab
  3. #611eab

Analogous

  1. #ab611e
  2. #aba71e
  3. #68ab1e

Triadic

  1. #aba71e
  2. #1eaba7
  3. #a71eab

Tetradic

  1. #aba71e
  2. #22ab1e
  3. #1e22ab
  4. #a71eab

Square

  1. #aba71e
  2. #1eab61
  3. #1e22ab
  4. #ab1e68

Monochromatic

  1. #292807
  2. #6a6713
  3. #aba71e
  4. #dcd839
  5. #e8e57a

Shades

#aba71e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba71e
  2. #9a961b
  3. #898618
  4. #787515
  5. #676412
  6. #56540f
  7. #44430c
  8. #333209
  9. #222106
  10. #111103
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba71e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba71e
  2. #b3b035
  3. #bcb94b
  4. #c4c162
  5. #cdca78
  6. #d5d38f
  7. #dddca5
  8. #e6e5bc
  9. #eeedd2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba71e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba71e
  2. #a7a328
  3. #a29f32
  4. #9e9b3b
  5. #9a9745
  6. #96944f
  7. #919059
  8. #8d8c63
  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 #b8a52b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89b8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a304 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a626 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a072 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba71e {
  color: #aba71e;
}
Background
.bg-aba71e {
  background-color: #aba71e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba71e {
  border: 2px solid #aba71e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba71e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 167 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 70% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba71e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba71e, #68ab1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba71e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 167 30 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.54 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.52 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.88 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.04 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.77 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.07 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.80 #5458e1 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba71e  rgb(171, 167, 30)  hsl(58, 70%, 39%)  Brass
#1e22ab  rgb(30, 34, 171)  hsl(238, 70%, 39%)  Zaffre
#1eaba7  rgb(30, 171, 167)  hsl(178, 70%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#a71eab  rgb(167, 30, 171)  hsl(298, 70%, 39%)  Dark Orchid