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#AFAA44

#afaa44 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#afaa44 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 66.67% green and 26.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.86% magenta, 61.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.2°, with 44.03% saturation and 47.65% 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 8.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 2.95.

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Relative luminance0.3828

Complementary

  1. #afaa44
  2. #4449af

Split complementary

  1. #afaa44
  2. #447faf
  3. #7544af

Analogous

  1. #af7544
  2. #afaa44
  3. #7faf44

Triadic

  1. #afaa44
  2. #44afaa
  3. #aa44af

Tetradic

  1. #afaa44
  2. #49af44
  3. #4449af
  4. #aa44af

Square

  1. #afaa44
  2. #44af75
  3. #4449af
  4. #af447f

Monochromatic

  1. #413f19
  2. #78742f
  3. #afaa44
  4. #cac676
  5. #dfddad

Shades

#afaa44 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaa44
  2. #9e993d
  3. #8c8836
  4. #7b7730
  5. #696629
  6. #585522
  7. #46441b
  8. #353314
  9. #23220e
  10. #121107
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaa44 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaa44
  2. #b7b357
  3. #bfbb69
  4. #c7c47c
  5. #cfcc8f
  6. #d7d5a2
  7. #dfddb4
  8. #e7e6c7
  9. #efeeda
  10. #f7f7ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaa44 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaa44
  2. #aaa64a
  3. #a6a250
  4. #a19d56
  5. #9c995c
  6. #989562
  7. #939168
  8. #8e8d6e
  9. #898874
  10. #85847a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa88a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8a438 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #baa84a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb9f94 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a63d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6a948 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a47c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaa44 {
  color: #afaa44;
}
Background
.bg-afaa44 {
  background-color: #afaa44;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaa44 {
  border: 2px solid #afaa44;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaa44;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 68;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 44% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaa44 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaa44, #7faf44);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaa44 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 68 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 2.95 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.19 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.70 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.54 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.74 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 10.41 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.48 #5055bb Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#afaa44  rgb(175, 170, 68)  hsl(57, 44%, 48%)  Brass
#4449af  rgb(68, 73, 175)  hsl(237, 44%, 48%)  Ocean Blue
#44afaa  rgb(68, 175, 170)  hsl(177, 44%, 48%)  Verdigris
#aa44af  rgb(170, 68, 175)  hsl(297, 44%, 48%)  Purpureus