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#AFA705

#afa705 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa705 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 65.49% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4.57% magenta, 97.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.18°, with 94.44% saturation and 35.29% 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 8.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.3676

Complementary

  1. #afa705
  2. #050daf

Split complementary

  1. #afa705
  2. #0562af
  3. #5205af

Analogous

  1. #af5205
  2. #afa705
  3. #62af05

Triadic

  1. #afa705
  2. #05afa7
  3. #a705af

Tetradic

  1. #afa705
  2. #0daf05
  3. #050daf
  4. #a705af

Square

  1. #afa705
  2. #05af52
  3. #050daf
  4. #af0562

Monochromatic

  1. #1a1901
  2. #656003
  3. #afa705
  4. #f8ed09
  5. #faf253

Shades

#afa705 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa705
  2. #9e9605
  3. #8c8604
  4. #7b7504
  5. #696403
  6. #585403
  7. #464302
  8. #353202
  9. #232101
  10. #121101
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa705 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa705
  2. #b7b01e
  3. #bfb937
  4. #c7c150
  5. #cfca69
  6. #d7d382
  7. #dfdc9b
  8. #e7e5b4
  9. #efedcd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa705 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa705
  2. #aaa311
  3. #a69f1e
  4. #a19b2a
  5. #9c9736
  6. #989443
  7. #93904f
  8. #8e8c5b
  9. #898867
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a581 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa61e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9b8e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a617 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8a070 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa705 {
  color: #afa705;
}
Background
.bg-afa705 {
  background-color: #afa705;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa705 {
  border: 2px solid #afa705;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa705;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 167 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 94% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa705 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa705, #62af05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa705 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 167 5 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.95 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.75 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.18 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.95 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.89 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.99 #5058fa Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa705  rgb(175, 167, 5)  hsl(57, 94%, 35%)  Brass
#050daf  rgb(5, 13, 175)  hsl(237, 94%, 35%)  Zaffre
#05afa7  rgb(5, 175, 167)  hsl(177, 94%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a705af  rgb(167, 5, 175)  hsl(297, 94%, 35%)  Dark Orchid