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#AF951D

#af951d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af951d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 58.43% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.86% magenta, 83.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 49.32°, with 71.57% saturation and 40% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.05.

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Relative luminance0.307

Complementary

  1. #af951d
  2. #1d37af

Split complementary

  1. #af951d
  2. #1d80af
  3. #4c1daf

Analogous

  1. #af4c1d
  2. #af951d
  3. #80af1d

Triadic

  1. #af951d
  2. #1daf95
  3. #951daf

Tetradic

  1. #af951d
  2. #37af1d
  3. #1d37af
  4. #951daf

Square

  1. #af951d
  2. #1daf4c
  3. #1d37af
  4. #af1d80

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2507
  2. #6d5d12
  3. #af951d
  4. #dec13a
  5. #e9d67c

Shades

#af951d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af951d
  2. #9e861a
  3. #8c7717
  4. #7b6814
  5. #695911
  6. #584b0f
  7. #463c0c
  8. #352d09
  9. #231e06
  10. #120f03
  11. #000000

Tints

#af951d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af951d
  2. #b7a034
  3. #bfaa4a
  4. #c7b561
  5. #cfbf77
  6. #d7ca8e
  7. #dfd5a5
  8. #e7dfbb
  9. #efead2
  10. #f7f4e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af951d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af951d
  2. #aa9327
  3. #a69131
  4. #a18f3b
  5. #9c8d45
  6. #988b4f
  7. #938858
  8. #8e8662
  9. #89846c
  10. #858276
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19678 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a69200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac9a26 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be887f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9930a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9823 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88e66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af951d {
  color: #af951d;
}
Background
.bg-af951d {
  background-color: #af951d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af951d {
  border: 2px solid #af951d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af951d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 149 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 72% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af951d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af951d, #80af1d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af951d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 149 29 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.05 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.04 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.74 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.33 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.46 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.68 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.85 #506ae2 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#af951d  rgb(175, 149, 29)  hsl(49, 72%, 40%)  Brass
#1d37af  rgb(29, 55, 175)  hsl(229, 72%, 40%)  Persian Blue
#1daf95  rgb(29, 175, 149)  hsl(169, 72%, 40%)  Persian Green
#951daf  rgb(149, 29, 175)  hsl(289, 72%, 40%)  Dark Violet