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#AFAE9B

#afae9b ≈ Ash Gray

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#afae9b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 68.24% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.57% magenta, 11.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 57°, with 11.11% saturation and 64.71% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral 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 9.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ash Gray (#b2beb5), ΔE 7.61.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.4175

Complementary

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9b9caf

Split complementary

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9ba6af
  3. #a49baf

Analogous

  1. #afa49b
  2. #afae9b
  3. #a6af9b

Triadic

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9bafae
  3. #ae9baf

Tetradic

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9caf9b
  3. #9b9caf
  4. #ae9baf

Square

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9bafa4
  3. #9b9caf
  4. #af9ba6

Monochromatic

  1. #62614f
  2. #8d8b71
  3. #afae9b
  4. #d1d0c6
  5. #f3f3f0

Shades

#afae9b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afae9b
  2. #9e9d8c
  3. #8c8b7c
  4. #7b7a6d
  5. #69685d
  6. #58574e
  7. #46463e
  8. #35342f
  9. #23231f
  10. #121110
  11. #000000

Tints

#afae9b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afae9b
  2. #b7b6a5
  3. #bfbeaf
  4. #c7c6b9
  5. #cfcec3
  6. #d7d7cd
  7. #dfdfd7
  8. #e7e7e1
  9. #efefeb
  10. #f7f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afae9b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afae9b
  2. #aaa998
  3. #a6a596
  4. #a1a093
  5. #9c9c90
  6. #98978e
  7. #93928b
  8. #8e8e88
  9. #898985
  10. #858583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeada6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2ac9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2ad9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b2aba9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1ad9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1ae9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b1aca3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afae9b {
  color: #afae9b;
}
Background
.bg-afae9b {
  background-color: #afae9b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afae9b {
  border: 2px solid #afae9b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afae9b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 174 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 57 11% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afae9b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afae9b, #a6af9b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afae9b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 174 155 / 0.35);
}

#b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.61 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 8.49 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.81 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.81 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.15 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 10.22 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 12.04 #505164 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Ash Gray
#afae9b  rgb(175, 174, 155)  hsl(57, 11%, 65%)  Ash Gray
#9b9caf  rgb(155, 156, 175)  hsl(237, 11%, 65%)  Cool Gray
#9bafae  rgb(155, 175, 174)  hsl(177, 11%, 65%)  Opal
#ae9baf  rgb(174, 155, 175)  hsl(297, 11%, 65%)  Rose Quartz