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#AFA32A

#afa32a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa32a 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 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.86% magenta, 76% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.59°, 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 8.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.3548

Complementary

  1. #afa32a
  2. #2a36af

Split complementary

  1. #afa32a
  2. #2a78af
  3. #612aaf

Analogous

  1. #af612a
  2. #afa32a
  3. #78af2a

Triadic

  1. #afa32a
  2. #2aafa3
  3. #a32aaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa32a
  2. #36af2a
  3. #2a36af
  4. #a32aaf

Square

  1. #afa32a
  2. #2aaf61
  3. #2a36af
  4. #af2a78

Monochromatic

  1. #34300c
  2. #716a1b
  3. #afa32a
  4. #d5c950
  5. #e4dc8e

Shades

#afa32a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa32a
  2. #9e9326
  3. #8c8222
  4. #7b721d
  5. #696219
  6. #585215
  7. #464111
  8. #35310d
  9. #232108
  10. #121004
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa32a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa32a
  2. #b7ac3f
  3. #bfb555
  4. #c7bf6a
  5. #cfc87f
  6. #d7d195
  7. #dfdaaa
  8. #e7e3bf
  9. #efedd4
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa32a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa32a
  2. #aaa033
  3. #a69c3b
  4. #a19944
  5. #9c954c
  6. #989255
  7. #938e5e
  8. #8e8b66
  9. #89876f
  10. #858477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a282 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29d10 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a333 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd978c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1a01d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a330 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79c71 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa32a {
  color: #afa32a;
}
Background
.bg-afa32a {
  background-color: #afa32a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa32a {
  border: 2px solid #afa32a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa32a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 163 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 61% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa32a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa32a, #78af2a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa32a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 163 42 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.70 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.46 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.97 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.47 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.70 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.81 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.87 #505cd5 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa32a  rgb(175, 163, 42)  hsl(55, 61%, 43%)  Brass
#2a36af  rgb(42, 54, 175)  hsl(235, 61%, 43%)  Persian Blue
#2aafa3  rgb(42, 175, 163)  hsl(175, 61%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#a32aaf  rgb(163, 42, 175)  hsl(295, 61%, 43%)  Dark Orchid