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#ABA98B

#aba98b ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#aba98b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 66.27% green and 54.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 18.71% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 56.25°, with 16% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 5.98.

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Relative luminance0.389

Complementary

  1. #aba98b
  2. #8b8dab

Split complementary

  1. #aba98b
  2. #8b9dab
  3. #998bab

Analogous

  1. #ab998b
  2. #aba98b
  3. #9dab8b

Triadic

  1. #aba98b
  2. #8baba9
  3. #a98bab

Tetradic

  1. #aba98b
  2. #8dab8b
  3. #8b8dab
  4. #a98bab

Square

  1. #aba98b
  2. #8bab99
  3. #8b8dab
  4. #ab8b9d

Monochromatic

  1. #5b5942
  2. #878562
  3. #aba98b
  4. #cbcab7
  5. #ebebe4

Shades

#aba98b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aba98b
  2. #9a987d
  3. #89876f
  4. #787661
  5. #676553
  6. #565546
  7. #444438
  8. #33332a
  9. #22221c
  10. #11110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#aba98b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aba98b
  2. #b3b297
  3. #bcbaa2
  4. #c4c3ae
  5. #cdcbb9
  6. #d5d4c5
  7. #ddddd1
  8. #e6e5dc
  9. #eeeee8
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aba98b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aba98b
  2. #a7a58a
  3. #a2a189
  4. #9e9d88
  5. #9a9987
  6. #969586
  7. #919084
  8. #8d8c83
  9. #898882
  10. #848481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a89d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afa789 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a88c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b0a5a1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ada88a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea98c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea798 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aba98b {
  color: #aba98b;
}
Background
.bg-aba98b {
  background-color: #aba98b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aba98b {
  border: 2px solid #aba98b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aba98b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 169 139;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 16% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aba98b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aba98b, #9dab8b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aba98b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 169 139 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 5.98 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 7.73 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.15 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.68 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 11.99 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 12.36 #545674 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Sage
#aba98b  rgb(171, 169, 139)  hsl(56, 16%, 61%)  Sage
#8b8dab  rgb(139, 141, 171)  hsl(236, 16%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#8baba9  rgb(139, 171, 169)  hsl(176, 16%, 61%)  Opal
#a98bab  rgb(169, 139, 171)  hsl(296, 16%, 61%)  Pastel Purple