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#AFAE76

#afae76 ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afae76 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 68.24% green and 46.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.57% magenta, 32.57% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 58.95°, with 26.27% saturation and 57.45% 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 9.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.4069

Complementary

  1. #afae76
  2. #7677af

Split complementary

  1. #afae76
  2. #7693af
  3. #9176af

Analogous

  1. #af9176
  2. #afae76
  3. #93af76

Triadic

  1. #afae76
  2. #76afae
  3. #ae76af

Tetradic

  1. #afae76
  2. #77af76
  3. #7677af
  4. #ae76af

Square

  1. #afae76
  2. #76af91
  3. #7677af
  4. #af7693

Monochromatic

  1. #585834
  2. #898850
  3. #afae76
  4. #cbcba6
  5. #e7e7d7

Shades

#afae76 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afae76
  2. #9e9d6a
  3. #8c8b5e
  4. #7b7a53
  5. #696847
  6. #58573b
  7. #46462f
  8. #353423
  9. #232318
  10. #12110c
  11. #000000

Tints

#afae76 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afae76
  2. #b7b684
  3. #bfbe91
  4. #c7c69f
  5. #cfcead
  6. #d7d7bb
  7. #dfdfc8
  8. #e7e7d6
  9. #efefe4
  10. #f7f7f1
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afae76 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afae76
  2. #aaa977
  3. #a6a578
  4. #a1a079
  5. #9c9c7a
  6. #98977b
  7. #93927c
  8. #8e8e7d
  9. #89897e
  10. #85857f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adac99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7aa72 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8ac78 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b7a7a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4ab74 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5ad77 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b4aa91 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afae76 {
  color: #afae76;
}
Background
.bg-afae76 {
  background-color: #afae76;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afae76 {
  border: 2px solid #afae76;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afae76;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 174 118;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 26% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afae76 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afae76, #93af76);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afae76 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 174 118 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.07 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 4.96 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.73 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.42 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 8.45 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 8.83 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.11 #505189 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Sage
#afae76  rgb(175, 174, 118)  hsl(59, 26%, 57%)  Sage
#7677af  rgb(118, 119, 175)  hsl(239, 26%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#76afae  rgb(118, 175, 174)  hsl(179, 26%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#ae76af  rgb(174, 118, 175)  hsl(299, 26%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty