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#ABA908

#aba908 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#aba908 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 66.27% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 95.32% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 59.26°, with 91.06% saturation and 35.1% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.62.

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Relative luminance0.3705

Complementary

  1. #aba908
  2. #080aab

Split complementary

  1. #aba908
  2. #085cab
  3. #5708ab

Analogous

  1. #ab5708
  2. #aba908
  3. #5cab08

Triadic

  1. #aba908
  2. #08aba9
  3. #a908ab

Tetradic

  1. #aba908
  2. #0aab08
  3. #080aab
  4. #a908ab

Square

  1. #aba908
  2. #08ab57
  3. #080aab
  4. #ab085c

Monochromatic

  1. #191901
  2. #626105
  3. #aba908
  4. #f4f10c
  5. #f7f555

Shades

#aba908 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba908
  2. #9a9807
  3. #898706
  4. #787606
  5. #676505
  6. #565504
  7. #444403
  8. #333302
  9. #222202
  10. #111101
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba908 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba908
  2. #b3b221
  3. #bcba39
  4. #c4c352
  5. #cdcb6b
  6. #d5d484
  7. #dddd9c
  8. #e6e5b5
  9. #eeeece
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba908 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba908
  2. #a7a514
  3. #a2a120
  4. #9e9d2c
  5. #9a9938
  6. #969544
  7. #919050
  8. #8d8c5c
  9. #898868
  10. #848474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a682 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa620 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b89d90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3a500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a719 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a272 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba908 {
  color: #aba908;
}
Background
.bg-aba908 {
  background-color: #aba908;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba908 {
  border: 2px solid #aba908;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba908;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 169 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba908 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba908, #5cab08);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba908 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 169 8 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.10 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.23 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.30 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.78 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 10.46 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.24 #5456f7 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba908  rgb(171, 169, 8)  hsl(59, 91%, 35%)  Brass
#080aab  rgb(8, 10, 171)  hsl(239, 91%, 35%)  Zaffre
#08aba9  rgb(8, 171, 169)  hsl(179, 91%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a908ab  rgb(169, 8, 171)  hsl(299, 91%, 35%)  Dark Magenta