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#AFA53D

#afa53d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#afa53d is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.71% green and 23.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.71% magenta, 65.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 54.74°, with 48.31% saturation and 46.27% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 1.63.

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Relative luminance0.3636

Complementary

  1. #afa53d
  2. #3d47af

Split complementary

  1. #afa53d
  2. #3d80af
  3. #6c3daf

Analogous

  1. #af6c3d
  2. #afa53d
  3. #80af3d

Triadic

  1. #afa53d
  2. #3dafa5
  3. #a53daf

Tetradic

  1. #afa53d
  2. #47af3d
  3. #3d47af
  4. #a53daf

Square

  1. #afa53d
  2. #3daf6c
  3. #3d47af
  4. #af3d80

Monochromatic

  1. #3e3a15
  2. #767029
  3. #afa53d
  4. #ccc46d
  5. #e0dba5

Shades

#afa53d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa53d
  2. #9e9537
  3. #8c8431
  4. #7b742b
  5. #696325
  6. #58531f
  7. #464218
  8. #353212
  9. #23210c
  10. #121106
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa53d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa53d
  2. #b7ae50
  3. #bfb764
  4. #c7c077
  5. #cfc98b
  6. #d7d29e
  7. #dfdbb1
  8. #e7e4c5
  9. #efedd8
  10. #f7f6ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa53d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa53d
  2. #aaa144
  3. #a69e4a
  4. #a19a51
  5. #9c9658
  6. #98935f
  7. #938f65
  8. #8e8b6c
  9. #898773
  10. #858479
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a386 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3a030 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7a543 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9a8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a236 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a541 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79f77 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa53d {
  color: #afa53d;
}
Background
.bg-afa53d {
  background-color: #afa53d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa53d {
  border: 2px solid #afa53d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa53d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 61;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 48% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa53d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa53d, #80af3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa53d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 61 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 1.63 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 6.91 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.19 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.85 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.78 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.69 #505ac2 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa53d  rgb(175, 165, 61)  hsl(55, 48%, 46%)  Brass
#3d47af  rgb(61, 71, 175)  hsl(235, 48%, 46%)  Ocean Blue
#3dafa5  rgb(61, 175, 165)  hsl(175, 48%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#a53daf  rgb(165, 61, 175)  hsl(295, 48%, 46%)  Purpureus