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#AFA147

#afa147 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#afa147 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.14% green and 27.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 59.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 51.92°, with 42.28% saturation and 48.24% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.03.

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Relative luminance0.3506

Complementary

  1. #afa147
  2. #4755af

Split complementary

  1. #afa147
  2. #4789af
  3. #6d47af

Analogous

  1. #af6d47
  2. #afa147
  3. #89af47

Triadic

  1. #afa147
  2. #47afa1
  3. #a147af

Tetradic

  1. #afa147
  2. #55af47
  3. #4755af
  4. #a147af

Square

  1. #afa147
  2. #47af6d
  3. #4755af
  4. #af4789

Monochromatic

  1. #423d1b
  2. #796f31
  3. #afa147
  4. #c9be7a
  5. #dfd9b0

Shades

#afa147 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa147
  2. #9e9140
  3. #8c8139
  4. #7b7132
  5. #69612b
  6. #585124
  7. #46401c
  8. #353015
  9. #23200e
  10. #121007
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa147 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa147
  2. #b7aa59
  3. #bfb46c
  4. #c7bd7e
  5. #cfc791
  6. #d7d0a3
  7. #dfd9b5
  8. #e7e3c8
  9. #efecda
  10. #f7f6ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa147 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa147
  2. #aa9e4d
  3. #a69a52
  4. #a19758
  5. #9c945e
  6. #989164
  7. #938d69
  8. #8e8a6f
  9. #898775
  10. #85837a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a085 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #af9d3e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a24b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb978d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af9e42 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a24a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79b77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa147 {
  color: #afa147;
}
Background
.bg-afa147 {
  background-color: #afa147;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa147 {
  border: 2px solid #afa147;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa147;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 161 71;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 42% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa147 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa147, #89af47);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa147 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 161 71 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.03 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.51 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.97 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.95 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.86 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.49 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.18 #505eb8 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa147  rgb(175, 161, 71)  hsl(52, 42%, 48%)  Brass
#4755af  rgb(71, 85, 175)  hsl(232, 42%, 48%)  Sapphire
#47afa1  rgb(71, 175, 161)  hsl(172, 42%, 48%)  Light Sea Green
#a147af  rgb(161, 71, 175)  hsl(292, 42%, 48%)  Purpureus