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#AF9727

#af9727 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af9727 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 59.22% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13.71% magenta, 77.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 49.41°, with 63.55% saturation and 41.96% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.12.

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Relative luminance0.3139

Complementary

  1. #af9727
  2. #273faf

Split complementary

  1. #af9727
  2. #2783af
  3. #5327af

Analogous

  1. #af5327
  2. #af9727
  3. #83af27

Triadic

  1. #af9727
  2. #27af97
  3. #9727af

Tetradic

  1. #af9727
  2. #3faf27
  3. #273faf
  4. #9727af

Square

  1. #af9727
  2. #27af53
  3. #273faf
  4. #af2783

Monochromatic

  1. #322b0b
  2. #706119
  3. #af9727
  4. #d7be4c
  5. #e5d58a

Shades

#af9727 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af9727
  2. #9e8823
  3. #8c791f
  4. #7b6a1b
  5. #695b17
  6. #584c14
  7. #463c10
  8. #352d0c
  9. #231e08
  10. #120f04
  11. #000000

Tints

#af9727 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af9727
  2. #b7a13d
  3. #bfac52
  4. #c7b668
  5. #cfc17d
  6. #d7cb93
  7. #dfd5a9
  8. #e7e0be
  9. #efead4
  10. #f7f5e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af9727 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af9727
  2. #aa9530
  3. #a69239
  4. #a19042
  5. #9c8e4b
  6. #988c54
  7. #93895c
  8. #8e8765
  9. #89856e
  10. #858277
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2987b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7940f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9b2f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd8b82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aa951b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ae9a2c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89069 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af9727 {
  color: #af9727;
}
Background
.bg-af9727 {
  background-color: #af9727;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af9727 {
  border: 2px solid #af9727;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af9727;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 151 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 64% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af9727 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af9727, #83af27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af9727 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 151 39 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.12 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.63 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 8.71 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 8.85 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.84 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.43 #5068d8 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Brass
#af9727  rgb(175, 151, 39)  hsl(49, 64%, 42%)  Brass
#273faf  rgb(39, 63, 175)  hsl(229, 64%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#27af97  rgb(39, 175, 151)  hsl(169, 64%, 42%)  Persian Green
#9727af  rgb(151, 39, 175)  hsl(289, 64%, 42%)  Dark Orchid