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#AFAD78

#afad78 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afad78 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 67.84% green and 47.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.14% magenta, 31.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57.82°, with 25.58% saturation and 57.84% 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 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.8.

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Web safe#999966
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Relative luminance0.4036

Complementary

  1. #afad78
  2. #787aaf

Split complementary

  1. #afad78
  2. #7895af
  3. #9178af

Analogous

  1. #af9178
  2. #afad78
  3. #95af78

Triadic

  1. #afad78
  2. #78afad
  3. #ad78af

Tetradic

  1. #afad78
  2. #7aaf78
  3. #787aaf
  4. #ad78af

Square

  1. #afad78
  2. #78af91
  3. #787aaf
  4. #af7895

Monochromatic

  1. #595835
  2. #898751
  3. #afad78
  4. #cbcaa8
  5. #e8e7d8

Shades

#afad78 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afad78
  2. #9e9c6c
  3. #8c8a60
  4. #7b7954
  5. #696848
  6. #58573c
  7. #464530
  8. #353424
  9. #232318
  10. #12110c
  11. #000000

Tints

#afad78 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afad78
  2. #b7b586
  3. #bfbd93
  4. #c7c6a1
  5. #cfceae
  6. #d7d6bc
  7. #dfdec9
  8. #e7e6d7
  9. #efefe4
  10. #f7f7f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afad78 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afad78
  2. #aaa979
  3. #a6a47a
  4. #a1a07a
  5. #9c9b7b
  6. #98977c
  7. #93927d
  8. #8e8e7e
  9. #89897e
  10. #85857f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acab99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6a974 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7ac7a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a69f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3ab76 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4ac79 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4a991 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afad78 {
  color: #afad78;
}
Background
.bg-afad78 {
  background-color: #afad78;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afad78 {
  border: 2px solid #afad78;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afad78;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 173 120;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 26% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afad78 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afad78, #95af78);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afad78 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 173 120 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.80 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.41 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 5.49 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.77 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.94 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.99 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.46 #505287 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Sage
#afad78  rgb(175, 173, 120)  hsl(58, 26%, 58%)  Sage
#787aaf  rgb(120, 122, 175)  hsl(238, 26%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#78afad  rgb(120, 175, 173)  hsl(178, 26%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#ad78af  rgb(173, 120, 175)  hsl(298, 26%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty