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#AFA800

#afa800 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa800 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 65.88% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 100% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.6°, with 100% saturation and 34.31% 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 corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.22.

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Relative luminance0.3712

Complementary

  1. #afa800
  2. #0007af

Split complementary

  1. #afa800
  2. #005eaf
  3. #5000af

Analogous

  1. #af5000
  2. #afa800
  3. #5eaf00

Triadic

  1. #afa800
  2. #00afa8
  3. #a800af

Tetradic

  1. #afa800
  2. #07af00
  3. #0007af
  4. #a800af

Square

  1. #afa800
  2. #00af50
  3. #0007af
  4. #af005e

Monochromatic

  1. #161500
  2. #625f00
  3. #afa800
  4. #fbf100
  5. #fff849

Shades

#afa800 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa800
  2. #9e9700
  3. #8c8600
  4. #7b7600
  5. #696500
  6. #585400
  7. #464300
  8. #353200
  9. #232200
  10. #121100
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa800 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa800
  2. #b7b11a
  3. #bfb933
  4. #c7c24d
  5. #cfcb66
  6. #d7d480
  7. #dfdc99
  8. #e7e5b3
  9. #efeecc
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa800 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa800
  2. #aaa40d
  3. #a6a01a
  4. #a19c26
  5. #9c9833
  6. #989440
  7. #93904d
  8. #8e8c5a
  9. #898866
  10. #858473
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a682 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba61c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a714 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a171 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa800 {
  color: #afa800;
}
Background
.bg-afa800 {
  background-color: #afa800;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa800 {
  border: 2px solid #afa800;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa800;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 168 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 100% 34%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa800 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa800, #5eaf00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa800 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 168 0 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.22 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.24 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.36 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.00 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.63 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.79 #5057ff Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa800  rgb(175, 168, 0)  hsl(58, 100%, 34%)  Brass
#0007af  rgb(0, 7, 175)  hsl(238, 100%, 34%)  Zaffre
#00afa8  rgb(0, 175, 168)  hsl(178, 100%, 34%)  Light Sea Green
#a800af  rgb(168, 0, 175)  hsl(298, 100%, 34%)  Dark Orchid