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#AFA986

#afa986 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afa986 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 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.43% magenta, 23.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 51.22°, with 20.4% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.97.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3921

Complementary

  1. #afa986
  2. #868caf

Split complementary

  1. #afa986
  2. #86a1af
  3. #9586af

Analogous

  1. #af9586
  2. #afa986
  3. #a1af86

Triadic

  1. #afa986
  2. #86afa9
  3. #a986af

Tetradic

  1. #afa986
  2. #8caf86
  3. #868caf
  4. #a986af

Square

  1. #afa986
  2. #86af95
  3. #868caf
  4. #af86a1

Monochromatic

  1. #5e593e
  2. #8c855d
  3. #afa986
  4. #cdcab4
  5. #eceae2

Shades

#afa986 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa986
  2. #9e9879
  3. #8c876b
  4. #7b765e
  5. #696550
  6. #585543
  7. #464436
  8. #353328
  9. #23221b
  10. #12110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa986 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa986
  2. #b7b292
  3. #bfba9e
  4. #c7c3aa
  5. #cfcbb6
  6. #d7d4c3
  7. #dfddcf
  8. #e7e5db
  9. #efeee7
  10. #f7f6f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa986 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa986
  2. #aaa585
  3. #a6a185
  4. #a19d84
  5. #9c9984
  6. #989583
  7. #939082
  8. #8e8c82
  9. #898881
  10. #858481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aba89c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0a784 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2a987 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b6a49f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0a885 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1a987 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b3a696 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa986 {
  color: #afa986;
}
Background
.bg-afa986 {
  background-color: #afa986;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa986 {
  border: 2px solid #afa986;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa986;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 169 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 51 20% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa986 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa986, #a1af86);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa986 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 169 134 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.97 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.76 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.66 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 10.26 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 11.52 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 12.06 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 12.09 #505679 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Sage
#afa986  rgb(175, 169, 134)  hsl(51, 20%, 61%)  Sage
#868caf  rgb(134, 140, 175)  hsl(231, 20%, 61%)  Cool Gray
#86afa9  rgb(134, 175, 169)  hsl(171, 20%, 61%)  Opal
#a986af  rgb(169, 134, 175)  hsl(291, 20%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty