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#9FA44C

#9fa44c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#9fa44c is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 64.31% green and 29.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 3.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 53.66% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 63.41°, with 36.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.4.

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Relative luminance0.3444

Complementary

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #514ca4

Split complementary

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #4c73a4
  3. #7d4ca4

Analogous

  1. #a47d4c
  2. #9fa44c
  3. #73a44c

Triadic

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #4c9fa4
  3. #a44c9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #4ca451
  3. #514ca4
  4. #a44c9f

Square

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #4ca47d
  3. #514ca4
  4. #a44c73

Monochromatic

  1. #3a3b1c
  2. #6c7034
  3. #9fa44c
  4. #bec27b
  5. #d8daaf

Shades

#9fa44c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #8f9444
  3. #7f833d
  4. #6f7335
  5. #5f622e
  6. #505226
  7. #40421e
  8. #303117
  9. #20210f
  10. #101008
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fa44c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #a9ad5e
  3. #b2b670
  4. #bcbf82
  5. #c5c894
  6. #cfd2a6
  7. #d9dbb7
  8. #e2e4c9
  9. #eceddb
  10. #f5f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fa44c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fa44c
  2. #9ca051
  3. #999d56
  4. #96995c
  5. #939661
  6. #909266
  7. #8c8e6b
  8. #898b70
  9. #868776
  10. #83847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa185 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9d43 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa051 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a89b90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9a047 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9a14f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a59f7b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fa44c {
  color: #9fa44c;
}
Background
.bg-9fa44c {
  background-color: #9fa44c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fa44c {
  border: 2px solid #9fa44c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fa44c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 164 76;
  --color-primary-hsl: 63 37% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fa44c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fa44c, #73a44c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fa44c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 164 76 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.40 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 6.95 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.16 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.68 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 9.50 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 9.78 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 9.81 #605bb3 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Brass
#9fa44c  rgb(159, 164, 76)  hsl(63, 37%, 47%)  Brass
#514ca4  rgb(81, 76, 164)  hsl(243, 37%, 47%)  Ocean Blue
#4c9fa4  rgb(76, 159, 164)  hsl(183, 37%, 47%)  Cadet Blue
#a44c9f  rgb(164, 76, 159)  hsl(303, 37%, 47%)  Purpureus