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#AF970C

#af970c ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af970c is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 59.22% green and 4.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.71% magenta, 93.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 51.17°, with 87.17% saturation and 36.67% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.92.

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Relative luminance0.3127

Complementary

  1. #af970c
  2. #0c24af

Split complementary

  1. #af970c
  2. #0c76af
  3. #460caf

Analogous

  1. #af460c
  2. #af970c
  3. #76af0c

Triadic

  1. #af970c
  2. #0caf97
  3. #970caf

Tetradic

  1. #af970c
  2. #24af0c
  3. #0c24af
  4. #970caf

Square

  1. #af970c
  2. #0caf46
  3. #0c24af
  4. #af0c76

Monochromatic

  1. #201b02
  2. #675907
  3. #af970c
  4. #efd018
  5. #f4de60

Shades

#af970c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af970c
  2. #9e880b
  3. #8c790a
  4. #7b6a08
  5. #695b07
  6. #584c06
  7. #463c05
  8. #352d04
  9. #231e02
  10. #120f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#af970c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af970c
  2. #b7a124
  3. #bfac3d
  4. #c7b655
  5. #cfc16d
  6. #d7cb86
  7. #dfd59e
  8. #e7e0b6
  9. #efeace
  10. #f7f5e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af970c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af970c
  2. #aa9518
  3. #a69223
  4. #a1902f
  5. #9c8e3a
  6. #988c46
  7. #938952
  8. #8e875d
  9. #898569
  10. #858274
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a29778 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ae9b1c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be8a80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab9500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9917 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88f66 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af970c {
  color: #af970c;
}
Background
.bg-af970c {
  background-color: #af970c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af970c {
  border: 2px solid #af970c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af970c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 151 12;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 87% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af970c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af970c, #76af0c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af970c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 151 12 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.60 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.87 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 9.07 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 9.41 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.90 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.90 #5068f3 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Brass
#af970c  rgb(175, 151, 12)  hsl(51, 87%, 37%)  Brass
#0c24af  rgb(12, 36, 175)  hsl(231, 87%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0caf97  rgb(12, 175, 151)  hsl(171, 87%, 37%)  Persian Green
#970caf  rgb(151, 12, 175)  hsl(291, 87%, 37%)  Dark Violet