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#AFA02A

#afa02a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa02a 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 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 76% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 53.23°, with 61.29% saturation and 42.55% 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 2.77.

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Relative luminance0.3442

Complementary

  1. #afa02a
  2. #2a39af

Split complementary

  1. #afa02a
  2. #2a7caf
  3. #5d2aaf

Analogous

  1. #af5d2a
  2. #afa02a
  3. #7caf2a

Triadic

  1. #afa02a
  2. #2aafa0
  3. #a02aaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa02a
  2. #39af2a
  3. #2a39af
  4. #a02aaf

Square

  1. #afa02a
  2. #2aaf5d
  3. #2a39af
  4. #af2a7c

Monochromatic

  1. #342f0c
  2. #71681b
  3. #afa02a
  4. #d5c650
  5. #e4da8e

Shades

#afa02a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa02a
  2. #9e9026
  3. #8c8022
  4. #7b701d
  5. #696019
  6. #585015
  7. #464011
  8. #35300d
  9. #232008
  10. #121004
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa02a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa02a
  2. #b7aa3f
  3. #bfb355
  4. #c7bd6a
  5. #cfc67f
  6. #d7d095
  7. #dfd9aa
  8. #e7e3bf
  9. #efecd4
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa02a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa02a
  2. #aa9d33
  3. #a69a3b
  4. #a19644
  5. #9c934c
  6. #989055
  7. #938d5e
  8. #8e8a66
  9. #89866f
  10. #858377
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a59f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9b11 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4a132 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9489 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9d1e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2a12f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79970 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa02a {
  color: #afa02a;
}
Background
.bg-afa02a {
  background-color: #afa02a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa02a {
  border: 2px solid #afa02a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa02a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 61% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa02a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa02a, #7caf2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa02a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 42 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.77 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.75 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.21 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.20 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.18 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.69 #505fd5 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Brass
#afa02a  rgb(175, 160, 42)  hsl(53, 61%, 43%)  Brass
#2a39af  rgb(42, 57, 175)  hsl(233, 61%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2aafa0  rgb(42, 175, 160)  hsl(173, 61%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a02aaf  rgb(160, 42, 175)  hsl(293, 61%, 43%)  Dark Orchid