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#AFA340

#afa340 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#afa340 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.92% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.86% magenta, 63.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 53.51°, with 46.44% saturation and 46.86% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 1.37.

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Relative luminance0.3568

Complementary

  1. #afa340
  2. #404caf

Split complementary

  1. #afa340
  2. #4083af
  3. #6b40af

Analogous

  1. #af6b40
  2. #afa340
  3. #83af40

Triadic

  1. #afa340
  2. #40afa3
  3. #a340af

Tetradic

  1. #afa340
  2. #4caf40
  3. #404caf
  4. #a340af

Square

  1. #afa340
  2. #40af6b
  3. #404caf
  4. #af4083

Monochromatic

  1. #3f3b17
  2. #776f2c
  3. #afa340
  4. #cbc171
  5. #dfd9a9

Shades

#afa340 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa340
  2. #9e933a
  3. #8c8233
  4. #7b722d
  5. #696226
  6. #585220
  7. #46411a
  8. #353113
  9. #23210d
  10. #121006
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa340 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa340
  2. #b7ac53
  3. #bfb566
  4. #c7bf79
  5. #cfc88c
  6. #d7d1a0
  7. #dfdab3
  8. #e7e3c6
  9. #efedd9
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa340 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa340
  2. #aaa046
  3. #a69c4d
  4. #a19953
  5. #9c955a
  6. #989260
  7. #938e66
  8. #8e8b6d
  9. #898773
  10. #85847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a285 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b19e34 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a445 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc988e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a039 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a343 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79d77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa340 {
  color: #afa340;
}
Background
.bg-afa340 {
  background-color: #afa340;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa340 {
  border: 2px solid #afa340;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa340;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 163 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 46% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa340 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa340, #83af40);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa340 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 163 64 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 1.37 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.39 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.02 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.40 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.72 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.36 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.54 #505cbf Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa340  rgb(175, 163, 64)  hsl(54, 46%, 47%)  Brass
#404caf  rgb(64, 76, 175)  hsl(234, 46%, 47%)  Ocean Blue
#40afa3  rgb(64, 175, 163)  hsl(174, 46%, 47%)  Light Sea Green
#a340af  rgb(163, 64, 175)  hsl(294, 46%, 47%)  Purpureus