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#AFA005

#afa005 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa005 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 62.75% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 97.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.71°, with 94.44% saturation and 35.29% 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 7.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.63.

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Relative luminance0.3427

Complementary

  1. #afa005
  2. #0514af

Split complementary

  1. #afa005
  2. #0569af
  3. #4b05af

Analogous

  1. #af4b05
  2. #afa005
  3. #69af05

Triadic

  1. #afa005
  2. #05afa0
  3. #a005af

Tetradic

  1. #afa005
  2. #14af05
  3. #0514af
  4. #a005af

Square

  1. #afa005
  2. #05af4b
  3. #0514af
  4. #af0569

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1801
  2. #655c03
  3. #afa005
  4. #f8e309
  5. #faeb53

Shades

#afa005 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa005
  2. #9e9005
  3. #8c8004
  4. #7b7004
  5. #696003
  6. #585003
  7. #464002
  8. #353002
  9. #232001
  10. #121001
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa005 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa005
  2. #b7aa1e
  3. #bfb337
  4. #c7bd50
  5. #cfc669
  6. #d7d082
  7. #dfd99b
  8. #e7e3b4
  9. #efeccd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa005 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa005
  2. #aa9d11
  3. #a69a1e
  4. #a1962a
  5. #9c9336
  6. #989043
  7. #938d4f
  8. #8e8a5b
  9. #898667
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f7d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a11c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9388 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a115 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8996b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa005 {
  color: #afa005;
}
Background
.bg-afa005 {
  background-color: #afa005;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa005 {
  border: 2px solid #afa005;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa005;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 94% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa005 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa005, #69af05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa005 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 5 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.63 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.09 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.49 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.80 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.28 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.84 #505ffa Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#afa005  rgb(175, 160, 5)  hsl(55, 94%, 35%)  Brass
#0514af  rgb(5, 20, 175)  hsl(235, 94%, 35%)  Zaffre
#05afa0  rgb(5, 175, 160)  hsl(175, 94%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a005af  rgb(160, 5, 175)  hsl(295, 94%, 35%)  Dark Violet