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#9FA40F

#9fa40f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#9fa40f is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 64.31% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 90.85% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 62.01°, with 83.24% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.64.

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Relative luminance0.3396

Complementary

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #140fa4

Split complementary

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #0f55a4
  3. #5e0fa4

Analogous

  1. #a45e0f
  2. #9fa40f
  3. #55a40f

Triadic

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #0f9fa4
  3. #a40f9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #0fa414
  3. #140fa4
  4. #a40f9f

Square

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #0fa45e
  3. #140fa4
  4. #a40f55

Monochromatic

  1. #171802
  2. #5b5e09
  3. #9fa40f
  4. #e3ea16
  5. #ebf05c

Shades

#9fa40f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #8f940e
  3. #7f830c
  4. #6f730b
  5. #5f6209
  6. #505208
  7. #404206
  8. #303105
  9. #202103
  10. #101002
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa40f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #a9ad27
  3. #b2b63f
  4. #bcbf57
  5. #c5c86f
  6. #cfd287
  7. #d9db9f
  8. #e2e4b7
  9. #ecedcf
  10. #f5f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa40f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa40f
  2. #9ca01a
  3. #999d26
  4. #969931
  5. #93963c
  6. #909248
  7. #8c8e53
  8. #898b5e
  9. #868769
  10. #838475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea07d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b29f23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ab998b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aba11c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a69e6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa40f {
  color: #9fa40f;
}
Background
.bg-9fa40f {
  background-color: #9fa40f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa40f {
  border: 2px solid #9fa40f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa40f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 164 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 83% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa40f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa40f, #55a40f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa40f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 164 15 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.64 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 8.09 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.79 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 10.52 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.09 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.11 #605bf0 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#9fa40f  rgb(159, 164, 15)  hsl(62, 83%, 35%)  Brass
#140fa4  rgb(20, 15, 164)  hsl(242, 83%, 35%)  Zaffre
#0f9fa4  rgb(15, 159, 164)  hsl(182, 83%, 35%)  Cadet Blue
#a40f9f  rgb(164, 15, 159)  hsl(302, 83%, 35%)  Dark Magenta