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#AFA00A

#afa00a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa00a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 94.29% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.55°, with 89.19% saturation and 36.27% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.48.

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Relative luminance0.3428

Complementary

  1. #afa00a
  2. #0a19af

Split complementary

  1. #afa00a
  2. #0a6baf
  3. #4e0aaf

Analogous

  1. #af4e0a
  2. #afa00a
  3. #6baf0a

Triadic

  1. #afa00a
  2. #0aafa0
  3. #a00aaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa00a
  2. #19af0a
  3. #0a19af
  4. #a00aaf

Square

  1. #afa00a
  2. #0aaf4e
  3. #0a19af
  4. #af0a6b

Monochromatic

  1. #1e1c02
  2. #675e06
  3. #afa00a
  4. #f2dd14
  5. #f6e85c

Shades

#afa00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa00a
  2. #9e9009
  3. #8c8008
  4. #7b7007
  5. #696006
  6. #585005
  7. #464004
  8. #353003
  9. #232002
  10. #121001
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa00a
  2. #b7aa23
  3. #bfb33b
  4. #c7bd54
  5. #cfc66c
  6. #d7d085
  7. #dfd99d
  8. #e7e3b6
  9. #efecce
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa00a
  2. #aa9d16
  3. #a69a22
  4. #a1962d
  5. #9c9339
  6. #989045
  7. #938d51
  8. #8e8a5d
  9. #898668
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f7e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a11e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a118 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa00a {
  color: #afa00a;
}
Background
.bg-afa00a {
  background-color: #afa00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa00a {
  border: 2px solid #afa00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 89% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa00a, #6baf0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.48 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.38 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.45 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.67 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.26 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.82 #505ff5 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#afa00a  rgb(175, 160, 10)  hsl(55, 89%, 36%)  Brass
#0a19af  rgb(10, 25, 175)  hsl(235, 89%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0aafa0  rgb(10, 175, 160)  hsl(175, 89%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a00aaf  rgb(160, 10, 175)  hsl(295, 89%, 36%)  Dark Violet