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#AFA80A

#afa80a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa80a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 94.29% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.45°, with 89.19% saturation and 36.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.3714

Complementary

  1. #afa80a
  2. #0a11af

Split complementary

  1. #afa80a
  2. #0a64af
  3. #550aaf

Analogous

  1. #af550a
  2. #afa80a
  3. #64af0a

Triadic

  1. #afa80a
  2. #0aafa8
  3. #a80aaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa80a
  2. #11af0a
  3. #0a11af
  4. #a80aaf

Square

  1. #afa80a
  2. #0aaf55
  3. #0a11af
  4. #af0a64

Monochromatic

  1. #1e1d02
  2. #676306
  3. #afa80a
  4. #f2e814
  5. #f6ef5c

Shades

#afa80a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa80a
  2. #9e9709
  3. #8c8608
  4. #7b7607
  5. #696506
  6. #585405
  7. #464304
  8. #353203
  9. #232202
  10. #121101
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa80a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa80a
  2. #b7b123
  3. #bfb93b
  4. #c7c254
  5. #cfcb6c
  6. #d7d485
  7. #dfdc9d
  8. #e7e5b6
  9. #efeece
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa80a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa80a
  2. #aaa416
  3. #a6a022
  4. #a19c2d
  5. #9c9839
  6. #989445
  7. #939051
  8. #8e8c5d
  9. #898868
  10. #858474
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 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 #baa620 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a71a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a171 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa80a {
  color: #afa80a;
}
Background
.bg-afa80a {
  background-color: #afa80a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa80a {
  border: 2px solid #afa80a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa80a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 168 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 89% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa80a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa80a, #64af0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa80a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 168 10 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.96 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.16 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.65 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.30 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.74 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.57 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.86 #5057f5 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa80a  rgb(175, 168, 10)  hsl(57, 89%, 36%)  Brass
#0a11af  rgb(10, 17, 175)  hsl(237, 89%, 36%)  Zaffre
#0aafa8  rgb(10, 175, 168)  hsl(177, 89%, 36%)  Light Sea Green
#a80aaf  rgb(168, 10, 175)  hsl(297, 89%, 36%)  Dark Orchid