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#AFA080

#afa080 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afa080 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 62.75% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.57% magenta, 26.86% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 40.85°, with 22.71% saturation and 59.41% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 6.92.

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Relative luminance0.3581

Complementary

  1. #afa080
  2. #808faf

Split complementary

  1. #afa080
  2. #80a7af
  3. #8880af

Analogous

  1. #af8880
  2. #afa080
  3. #a7af80

Triadic

  1. #afa080
  2. #80afa0
  3. #a080af

Tetradic

  1. #afa080
  2. #8faf80
  3. #808faf
  4. #a080af

Square

  1. #afa080
  2. #80af88
  3. #808faf
  4. #af80a7

Monochromatic

  1. #5c513a
  2. #8b7b58
  3. #afa080
  4. #cdc3af
  5. #eae6de

Shades

#afa080 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa080
  2. #9e9073
  3. #8c8066
  4. #7b705a
  5. #69604d
  6. #585040
  7. #464033
  8. #353026
  9. #23201a
  10. #12100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa080 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa080
  2. #b7aa8d
  3. #bfb399
  4. #c7bda6
  5. #cfc6b3
  6. #d7d0c0
  7. #dfd9cc
  8. #e7e3d9
  9. #efece6
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa080 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa080
  2. #aa9d80
  3. #a69a80
  4. #a19680
  5. #9c9380
  6. #989080
  7. #938d80
  8. #8e8a80
  9. #898680
  10. #858380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a195 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a89f7e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aca381 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79b97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab9f7f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ada281 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b49d8f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa080 {
  color: #afa080;
}
Background
.bg-afa080 {
  background-color: #afa080;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa080 {
  border: 2px solid #afa080;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa080;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 160 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 23% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa080 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa080, #a7af80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa080 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 160 128 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.92 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 8.31 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.42 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.83 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.05 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 12.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 13.17 #505f7f Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Ecru
#afa080  rgb(175, 160, 128)  hsl(41, 23%, 59%)  Ecru
#808faf  rgb(128, 143, 175)  hsl(221, 23%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#80afa0  rgb(128, 175, 160)  hsl(161, 23%, 59%)  Opal
#a080af  rgb(160, 128, 175)  hsl(281, 23%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty