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#AFA81E

#afa81e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa81e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 65.88% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 82.86% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.1°, with 70.73% saturation and 40.2% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.17.

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Relative luminance0.3721

Complementary

  1. #afa81e
  2. #1e25af

Split complementary

  1. #afa81e
  2. #1e6eaf
  3. #601eaf

Analogous

  1. #af601e
  2. #afa81e
  3. #6eaf1e

Triadic

  1. #afa81e
  2. #1eafa8
  3. #a81eaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa81e
  2. #25af1e
  3. #1e25af
  4. #a81eaf

Square

  1. #afa81e
  2. #1eaf60
  3. #1e25af
  4. #af1e6e

Monochromatic

  1. #2c2b08
  2. #6e6913
  3. #afa81e
  4. #ded63c
  5. #e9e47d

Shades

#afa81e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa81e
  2. #9e971b
  3. #8c8618
  4. #7b7615
  5. #696512
  6. #58540f
  7. #46430c
  8. #353209
  9. #232206
  10. #121103
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa81e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa81e
  2. #b7b135
  3. #bfb94b
  4. #c7c262
  5. #cfcb78
  6. #d7d48f
  7. #dfdca5
  8. #e7e5bc
  9. #efeed2
  10. #f7f6e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa81e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa81e
  2. #aaa428
  3. #a6a032
  4. #a19c3b
  5. #9c9845
  6. #98944f
  7. #939059
  8. #8e8c63
  9. #89886c
  10. #858476
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a683 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa72b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc9c8f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a404 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a726 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a173 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa81e {
  color: #afa81e;
}
Background
.bg-afa81e {
  background-color: #afa81e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa81e {
  border: 2px solid #afa81e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa81e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 168 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 71% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa81e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa81e, #6eaf1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa81e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 168 30 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.17 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.98 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.00 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.92 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.17 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.46 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 12.11 #5057e1 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa81e  rgb(175, 168, 30)  hsl(57, 71%, 40%)  Brass
#1e25af  rgb(30, 37, 175)  hsl(237, 71%, 40%)  Zaffre
#1eafa8  rgb(30, 175, 168)  hsl(177, 71%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#a81eaf  rgb(168, 30, 175)  hsl(297, 71%, 40%)  Dark Orchid