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#AF940E

#af940e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af940e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 58.04% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.43% magenta, 92% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 49.94°, with 85.19% saturation and 37.06% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.72.

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Relative luminance0.3033

Complementary

  1. #af940e
  2. #0e29af

Split complementary

  1. #af940e
  2. #0e79af
  3. #440eaf

Analogous

  1. #af440e
  2. #af940e
  3. #79af0e

Triadic

  1. #af940e
  2. #0eaf94
  3. #940eaf

Tetradic

  1. #af940e
  2. #29af0e
  3. #0e29af
  4. #940eaf

Square

  1. #af940e
  2. #0eaf44
  3. #0e29af
  4. #af0e79

Monochromatic

  1. #211c03
  2. #685808
  3. #af940e
  4. #edca1d
  5. #f3db63

Shades

#af940e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af940e
  2. #9e850d
  3. #8c760b
  4. #7b680a
  5. #695908
  6. #584a07
  7. #463b06
  8. #352c04
  9. #231e03
  10. #120f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#af940e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af940e
  2. #b79f26
  3. #bfa93e
  4. #c7b456
  5. #cfbf6e
  6. #d7ca87
  7. #dfd49f
  8. #e7dfb7
  9. #efeacf
  10. #f7f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af940e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af940e
  2. #aa9219
  3. #a69025
  4. #a18e30
  5. #9c8c3c
  6. #988a47
  7. #938852
  8. #8e865e
  9. #898469
  10. #858275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09577 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac991c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be877e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9718 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88c64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af940e {
  color: #af940e;
}
Background
.bg-af940e {
  background-color: #af940e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af940e {
  border: 2px solid #af940e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af940e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 148 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 85% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af940e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af940e, #79af0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af940e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 148 14 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.72 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.86 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.95 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.61 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.09 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.89 #506bf1 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#af940e  rgb(175, 148, 14)  hsl(50, 85%, 37%)  Brass
#0e29af  rgb(14, 41, 175)  hsl(230, 85%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0eaf94  rgb(14, 175, 148)  hsl(170, 85%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#940eaf  rgb(148, 14, 175)  hsl(290, 85%, 37%)  Dark Violet