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#AFAA4A

#afaa4a ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#afaa4a 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 29.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.86% magenta, 57.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.03°, with 40.56% saturation and 48.82% 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 8.67:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.08.

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Relative luminance0.3836

Complementary

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #4a4faf

Split complementary

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #4a81af
  3. #774aaf

Analogous

  1. #af774a
  2. #afaa4a
  3. #81af4a

Triadic

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #4aafaa
  3. #aa4aaf

Tetradic

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #4faf4a
  3. #4a4faf
  4. #aa4aaf

Square

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #4aaf77
  3. #4a4faf
  4. #af4a81

Monochromatic

  1. #43421d
  2. #797633
  3. #afaa4a
  4. #c8c47d
  5. #dfddb3

Shades

#afaa4a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #9e9943
  3. #8c883b
  4. #7b7734
  5. #69662c
  6. #585525
  7. #46441e
  8. #353316
  9. #23220f
  10. #121107
  11. #000000

Tints

#afaa4a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #b7b35c
  3. #bfbb6e
  4. #c7c480
  5. #cfcc92
  6. #d7d5a5
  7. #dfddb7
  8. #e7e6c9
  9. #efeedb
  10. #f7f7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afaa4a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afaa4a
  2. #aaa64f
  3. #a6a255
  4. #a19d5a
  5. #9c9960
  6. #989565
  7. #93916a
  8. #8e8d70
  9. #898875
  10. #85847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa88b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7a440 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9a84f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bba095 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4a744 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5a94d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b6a47e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afaa4a {
  color: #afaa4a;
}
Background
.bg-afaa4a {
  background-color: #afaa4a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afaa4a {
  border: 2px solid #afaa4a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afaa4a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 170 74;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 41% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afaa4a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afaa4a, #81af4a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afaa4a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 170 74 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.08 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 5.02 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.11 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.83 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 9.81 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.93 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 10.52 #5055b5 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Brass
#afaa4a  rgb(175, 170, 74)  hsl(57, 41%, 49%)  Brass
#4a4faf  rgb(74, 79, 175)  hsl(237, 41%, 49%)  Ocean Blue
#4aafaa  rgb(74, 175, 170)  hsl(177, 41%, 49%)  Verdigris
#aa4aaf  rgb(170, 74, 175)  hsl(297, 41%, 49%)  Purpureus