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#AF9616

#af9616 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af9616 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 58.82% green and 8.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 14.29% magenta, 87.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 50.2°, with 77.66% saturation and 38.63% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.94.

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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #af9616
  2. #162faf

Split complementary

  1. #af9616
  2. #167baf
  3. #4a16af

Analogous

  1. #af4a16
  2. #af9616
  3. #7baf16

Triadic

  1. #af9616
  2. #16af96
  3. #9616af

Tetradic

  1. #af9616
  2. #2faf16
  3. #162faf
  4. #9616af

Square

  1. #af9616
  2. #16af4a
  3. #162faf
  4. #af167b

Monochromatic

  1. #272205
  2. #6b5c0d
  3. #af9616
  4. #e5c72d
  5. #edd971

Shades

#af9616 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af9616
  2. #9e8714
  3. #8c7812
  4. #7b690f
  5. #695a0d
  6. #584b0b
  7. #463c09
  8. #352d07
  9. #231e04
  10. #120f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#af9616 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af9616
  2. #b7a12d
  3. #bfab45
  4. #c7b65c
  5. #cfc073
  6. #d7cb8b
  7. #dfd5a2
  8. #e7e0b9
  9. #efead0
  10. #f7f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af9616 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af9616
  2. #aa9421
  3. #a6922b
  4. #a18f36
  5. #9c8d40
  6. #988b4b
  7. #938956
  8. #8e8760
  9. #89846b
  10. #858275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a19778 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a79300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be8980 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa9400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae991e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af9616 {
  color: #af9616;
}
Background
.bg-af9616 {
  background-color: #af9616;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af9616 {
  border: 2px solid #af9616;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af9616;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 150 22;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 78% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af9616 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af9616, #7baf16);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af9616 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 150 22 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.94 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.64 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.41 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.77 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.87 #5069e9 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Brass
#af9616  rgb(175, 150, 22)  hsl(50, 78%, 39%)  Brass
#162faf  rgb(22, 47, 175)  hsl(230, 78%, 39%)  Egyptian Blue
#16af96  rgb(22, 175, 150)  hsl(170, 78%, 39%)  Persian Green
#9616af  rgb(150, 22, 175)  hsl(290, 78%, 39%)  Dark Violet