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#AFA015

#afa015 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa015 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 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 88% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.16°, with 78.57% saturation and 38.43% 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 7.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.06.

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Relative luminance0.3431

Complementary

  1. #afa015
  2. #1524af

Split complementary

  1. #afa015
  2. #1571af
  3. #5315af

Analogous

  1. #af5315
  2. #afa015
  3. #71af15

Triadic

  1. #afa015
  2. #15afa0
  3. #a015af

Tetradic

  1. #afa015
  2. #24af15
  3. #1524af
  4. #a015af

Square

  1. #afa015
  2. #15af53
  3. #1524af
  4. #af1571

Monochromatic

  1. #262305
  2. #6b620d
  3. #afa015
  4. #e6d32b
  5. #eee16f

Shades

#afa015 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa015
  2. #9e9013
  3. #8c8011
  4. #7b700f
  5. #69600d
  6. #58500b
  7. #464008
  8. #353006
  9. #232004
  10. #121002
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa015 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa015
  2. #b7aa2c
  3. #bfb344
  4. #c7bd5b
  5. #cfc673
  6. #d7d08a
  7. #dfd9a1
  8. #e7e3b9
  9. #efecd0
  10. #f7f6e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa015 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa015
  2. #aa9d20
  3. #a69a2a
  4. #a19635
  5. #9c9340
  6. #98904b
  7. #938d55
  8. #8e8a60
  9. #89866b
  10. #858375
  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 #b4a124 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b09d00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a11f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8996c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa015 {
  color: #afa015;
}
Background
.bg-afa015 {
  background-color: #afa015;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa015 {
  border: 2px solid #afa015;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa015;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 79% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa015 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa015, #71af15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa015 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 21 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.06 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.30 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.66 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.37 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.32 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.22 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.77 #505fea Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#afa015  rgb(175, 160, 21)  hsl(54, 79%, 38%)  Brass
#1524af  rgb(21, 36, 175)  hsl(234, 79%, 38%)  Zaffre
#15afa0  rgb(21, 175, 160)  hsl(174, 79%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#a015af  rgb(160, 21, 175)  hsl(294, 79%, 38%)  Dark Orchid