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#AFA40E

#afa40e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa40e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.31% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 6.29% magenta, 92% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 55.9°, with 85.19% saturation and 37.06% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.357

Complementary

  1. #afa40e
  2. #0e19af

Split complementary

  1. #afa40e
  2. #0e6aaf
  3. #540eaf

Analogous

  1. #af540e
  2. #afa40e
  3. #6aaf0e

Triadic

  1. #afa40e
  2. #0eafa4
  3. #a40eaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa40e
  2. #19af0e
  3. #0e19af
  4. #a40eaf

Square

  1. #afa40e
  2. #0eaf54
  3. #0e19af
  4. #af0e6a

Monochromatic

  1. #211f03
  2. #686208
  3. #afa40e
  4. #eddf1d
  5. #f3e963

Shades

#afa40e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa40e
  2. #9e940d
  3. #8c830b
  4. #7b730a
  5. #696208
  6. #585207
  7. #464206
  8. #353104
  9. #232103
  10. #121001
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa40e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa40e
  2. #b7ad26
  3. #bfb63e
  4. #c7bf56
  5. #cfc86e
  6. #d7d287
  7. #dfdb9f
  8. #e7e4b7
  9. #efedcf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa40e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa40e
  2. #aaa019
  3. #a69d25
  4. #a19930
  5. #9c963c
  6. #989247
  7. #938e52
  8. #8e8b5e
  9. #898769
  10. #858475
  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 #a7a280 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49e00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a421 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd988b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a41b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89d6f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa40e {
  color: #afa40e;
}
Background
.bg-afa40e {
  background-color: #afa40e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa40e {
  border: 2px solid #afa40e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa40e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 164 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 85% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa40e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa40e, #6aaf0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa40e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 164 14 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.38 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.11 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.59 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.76 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.01 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.78 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.05 #505bf1 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa40e  rgb(175, 164, 14)  hsl(56, 85%, 37%)  Brass
#0e19af  rgb(14, 25, 175)  hsl(236, 85%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0eafa4  rgb(14, 175, 164)  hsl(176, 85%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a40eaf  rgb(164, 14, 175)  hsl(296, 85%, 37%)  Dark Orchid