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#ABA85B

#aba85b ≈ Dark Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba85b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 65.88% green and 35.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.75% magenta, 46.78% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 57.75°, with 32.26% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Khaki (#bdb76b), ΔE 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.3742

Complementary

  1. #aba85b
  2. #5b5eab

Split complementary

  1. #aba85b
  2. #5b86ab
  3. #805bab

Analogous

  1. #ab805b
  2. #aba85b
  3. #86ab5b

Triadic

  1. #aba85b
  2. #5baba8
  3. #a85bab

Tetradic

  1. #aba85b
  2. #5eab5b
  3. #5b5eab
  4. #a85bab

Square

  1. #aba85b
  2. #5bab80
  3. #5b5eab
  4. #ab5b86

Monochromatic

  1. #484725
  2. #7b783f
  3. #aba85b
  4. #c5c38e
  5. #dfdec0

Shades

#aba85b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba85b
  2. #9a9752
  3. #898649
  4. #787640
  5. #676537
  6. #56542e
  7. #444324
  8. #33321b
  9. #222212
  10. #111109
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba85b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba85b
  2. #b3b16b
  3. #bcb97c
  4. #c4c28c
  5. #cdcb9d
  6. #d5d4ad
  7. #dddcbd
  8. #e6e5ce
  9. #eeeede
  10. #f7f6ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba85b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba85b
  2. #a7a45f
  3. #a2a062
  4. #9e9c66
  5. #9a986a
  6. #96946e
  7. #919071
  8. #8d8c75
  9. #898879
  10. #84847c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a68d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a354 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a65f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b59f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a557 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a75d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1a382 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba85b {
  color: #aba85b;
}
Background
.bg-aba85b {
  background-color: #aba85b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba85b {
  border: 2px solid #aba85b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba85b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 168 91;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 32% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba85b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba85b, #86ab5b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba85b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 168 91 / 0.35);
}

#bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.52 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.15 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.28 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 8.09 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.29 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.36 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.82 #5457a4 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Dark Khaki
#aba85b  rgb(171, 168, 91)  hsl(58, 32%, 51%)  Dark Khaki
#5b5eab  rgb(91, 94, 171)  hsl(238, 32%, 51%)  Slate Blue
#5baba8  rgb(91, 171, 168)  hsl(178, 32%, 51%)  Verdigris
#a85bab  rgb(168, 91, 171)  hsl(298, 32%, 51%)  Purpureus