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#AFA327

#afa327 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa327 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.92% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.86% magenta, 77.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.71°, with 63.55% saturation and 41.96% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.93.

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Relative luminance0.3545

Complementary

  1. #afa327
  2. #2733af

Split complementary

  1. #afa327
  2. #2777af
  3. #5f27af

Analogous

  1. #af5f27
  2. #afa327
  3. #77af27

Triadic

  1. #afa327
  2. #27afa3
  3. #a327af

Tetradic

  1. #afa327
  2. #33af27
  3. #2733af
  4. #a327af

Square

  1. #afa327
  2. #27af5f
  3. #2733af
  4. #af2777

Monochromatic

  1. #322e0b
  2. #706919
  3. #afa327
  4. #d7cb4c
  5. #e5dd8a

Shades

#afa327 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa327
  2. #9e9323
  3. #8c821f
  4. #7b721b
  5. #696217
  6. #585214
  7. #464110
  8. #35310c
  9. #232108
  10. #121004
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa327 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa327
  2. #b7ac3d
  3. #bfb552
  4. #c7bf68
  5. #cfc87d
  6. #d7d193
  7. #dfdaa9
  8. #e7e3be
  9. #efedd4
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa327 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa327
  2. #aaa030
  3. #a69c39
  4. #a19942
  5. #9c954b
  6. #989254
  7. #938e5c
  8. #8e8b65
  9. #89876e
  10. #858477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a281 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d07 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a331 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a018 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a32d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79c71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa327 {
  color: #afa327;
}
Background
.bg-afa327 {
  background-color: #afa327;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa327 {
  border: 2px solid #afa327;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa327;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 163 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 64% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa327 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa327, #77af27);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa327 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 163 39 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.93 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.48 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.90 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.80 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.87 #505cd8 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa327  rgb(175, 163, 39)  hsl(55, 64%, 42%)  Brass
#2733af  rgb(39, 51, 175)  hsl(235, 64%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#27afa3  rgb(39, 175, 163)  hsl(175, 64%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a327af  rgb(163, 39, 175)  hsl(295, 64%, 42%)  Dark Orchid