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#AFA97F

#afa97f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afa97f is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 66.27% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 27.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 52.5°, with 23.08% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.3902

Complementary

  1. #afa97f
  2. #7f85af

Split complementary

  1. #afa97f
  2. #7f9daf
  3. #917faf

Analogous

  1. #af917f
  2. #afa97f
  3. #9daf7f

Triadic

  1. #afa97f
  2. #7fafa9
  3. #a97faf

Tetradic

  1. #afa97f
  2. #85af7f
  3. #7f85af
  4. #a97faf

Square

  1. #afa97f
  2. #7faf91
  3. #7f85af
  4. #af7f9d

Monochromatic

  1. #5c5739
  2. #8b8457
  3. #afa97f
  4. #ccc9ae
  5. #eae8dd

Shades

#afa97f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa97f
  2. #9e9872
  3. #8c8766
  4. #7b7659
  5. #69654c
  6. #585540
  7. #464433
  8. #353326
  9. #232219
  10. #12110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa97f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa97f
  2. #b7b28c
  3. #bfba99
  4. #c7c3a5
  5. #cfcbb2
  6. #d7d4bf
  7. #dfddcc
  8. #e7e5d9
  9. #efeee5
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa97f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa97f
  2. #aaa57f
  3. #a6a17f
  4. #a19d7f
  5. #9c997f
  6. #989580
  7. #939080
  8. #8e8c80
  9. #898880
  10. #858480
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba899 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1a67c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3a980 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6a39e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a77d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a980 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a692 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa97f {
  color: #afa97f;
}
Background
.bg-afa97f {
  background-color: #afa97f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa97f {
  border: 2px solid #afa97f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa97f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 169 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 53 23% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa97f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa97f, #9daf7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa97f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 169 127 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.22 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 4.92 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.97 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 10.31 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.42 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.49 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 11.16 #505680 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Sage
#afa97f  rgb(175, 169, 127)  hsl(53, 23%, 59%)  Sage
#7f85af  rgb(127, 133, 175)  hsl(233, 23%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#7fafa9  rgb(127, 175, 169)  hsl(173, 23%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a97faf  rgb(169, 127, 175)  hsl(293, 23%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty