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#AFA90E

#afa90e ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa90e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 66.27% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 92% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.76°, with 85.19% saturation and 37.06% 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 8.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.3752

Complementary

  1. #afa90e
  2. #0e14af

Split complementary

  1. #afa90e
  2. #0e65af
  3. #580eaf

Analogous

  1. #af580e
  2. #afa90e
  3. #65af0e

Triadic

  1. #afa90e
  2. #0eafa9
  3. #a90eaf

Tetradic

  1. #afa90e
  2. #14af0e
  3. #0e14af
  4. #a90eaf

Square

  1. #afa90e
  2. #0eaf58
  3. #0e14af
  4. #af0e65

Monochromatic

  1. #212003
  2. #686508
  3. #afa90e
  4. #ede51d
  5. #f3ed63

Shades

#afa90e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa90e
  2. #9e980d
  3. #8c870b
  4. #7b760a
  5. #696508
  6. #585507
  7. #464406
  8. #353304
  9. #232203
  10. #121101
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa90e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa90e
  2. #b7b226
  3. #bfba3e
  4. #c7c356
  5. #cfcb6e
  6. #d7d487
  7. #dfdd9f
  8. #e7e5b7
  9. #efeecf
  10. #f7f6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa90e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa90e
  2. #aaa519
  3. #a6a125
  4. #a19d30
  5. #9c993c
  6. #989547
  7. #939052
  8. #8e8c5e
  9. #898869
  10. #858475
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9a683 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bba722 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9d90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5a500 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a81c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b7a272 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa90e {
  color: #afa90e;
}
Background
.bg-afa90e {
  background-color: #afa90e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa90e {
  border: 2px solid #afa90e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa90e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 169 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 85% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa90e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa90e, #65af0e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa90e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 169 14 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.01 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.18 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.58 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.43 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.56 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.26 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 11.73 #5056f1 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa90e  rgb(175, 169, 14)  hsl(58, 85%, 37%)  Brass
#0e14af  rgb(14, 20, 175)  hsl(238, 85%, 37%)  Zaffre
#0eafa9  rgb(14, 175, 169)  hsl(178, 85%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#a90eaf  rgb(169, 14, 175)  hsl(298, 85%, 37%)  Dark Orchid