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#AFA024

#afa024 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa024 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 62.75% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 79.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 53.53°, with 65.88% saturation and 41.37% 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 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.18.

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Relative luminance0.3438

Complementary

  1. #afa024
  2. #2433af

Split complementary

  1. #afa024
  2. #2478af
  3. #5b24af

Analogous

  1. #af5b24
  2. #afa024
  3. #78af24

Triadic

  1. #afa024
  2. #24afa0
  3. #a024af

Tetradic

  1. #afa024
  2. #33af24
  3. #2433af
  4. #a024af

Square

  1. #afa024
  2. #24af5b
  3. #2433af
  4. #af2478

Monochromatic

  1. #302c0a
  2. #706617
  3. #afa024
  4. #d9c946
  5. #e6dc86

Shades

#afa024 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa024
  2. #9e9020
  3. #8c801d
  4. #7b7019
  5. #696016
  6. #585012
  7. #46400e
  8. #35300b
  9. #232007
  10. #121004
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa024 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa024
  2. #b7aa3a
  3. #bfb350
  4. #c7bd66
  5. #cfc67c
  6. #d7d092
  7. #dfd9a7
  8. #e7e3bd
  9. #efecd3
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa024 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa024
  2. #aa9d2d
  3. #a69a36
  4. #a19640
  5. #9c9349
  6. #989052
  7. #938d5b
  8. #8e8a64
  9. #89866e
  10. #858377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f7f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b09b00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a12e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d14 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a12a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7996e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa024 {
  color: #afa024;
}
Background
.bg-afa024 {
  background-color: #afa024;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa024 {
  border: 2px solid #afa024;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa024;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 66% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa024 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa024, #78af24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa024 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 36 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.04 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.20 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.26 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.57 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.70 #505fdb Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#afa024  rgb(175, 160, 36)  hsl(54, 66%, 41%)  Brass
#2433af  rgb(36, 51, 175)  hsl(234, 66%, 41%)  Egyptian Blue
#24afa0  rgb(36, 175, 160)  hsl(174, 66%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#a024af  rgb(160, 36, 175)  hsl(294, 66%, 41%)  Dark Orchid