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#ABA94A

#aba94a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#aba94a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 66.27% green and 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 56.73% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 58.76°, with 39.59% saturation and 48.04% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.3753

Complementary

  1. #aba94a
  2. #4a4cab

Split complementary

  1. #aba94a
  2. #4a7dab
  3. #784aab

Analogous

  1. #ab784a
  2. #aba94a
  3. #7dab4a

Triadic

  1. #aba94a
  2. #4aaba9
  3. #a94aab

Tetradic

  1. #aba94a
  2. #4cab4a
  3. #4a4cab
  4. #a94aab

Square

  1. #aba94a
  2. #4aab78
  3. #4a4cab
  4. #ab4a7d

Monochromatic

  1. #403f1c
  2. #767433
  3. #aba94a
  4. #c6c57b
  5. #dddcb1

Shades

#aba94a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba94a
  2. #9a9843
  3. #89873b
  4. #787634
  5. #67652c
  6. #565525
  7. #44441e
  8. #333316
  9. #22220f
  10. #111107
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba94a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba94a
  2. #b3b25c
  3. #bcba6e
  4. #c4c380
  5. #cdcb92
  6. #d5d4a5
  7. #ddddb7
  8. #e6e5c9
  9. #eeeedb
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba94a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba94a
  2. #a7a54f
  3. #a2a155
  4. #9e9d5a
  5. #9a9960
  6. #969565
  7. #91906a
  8. #8d8c70
  9. #898875
  10. #84847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a68a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a340 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a74f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b69f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a544 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a84d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2a37d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba94a {
  color: #aba94a;
}
Background
.bg-aba94a {
  background-color: #aba94a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba94a {
  border: 2px solid #aba94a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba94a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 169 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 40% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba94a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba94a, #7dab4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba94a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 169 74 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.89 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.45 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.94 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.80 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 9.77 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.15 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.18 #5456b5 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#aba94a  rgb(171, 169, 74)  hsl(59, 40%, 48%)  Brass
#4a4cab  rgb(74, 76, 171)  hsl(239, 40%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#4aaba9  rgb(74, 171, 169)  hsl(179, 40%, 48%)  Verdigris
#a94aab  rgb(169, 74, 171)  hsl(299, 40%, 48%)  Purpureus