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#AF940D

#af940d ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af940d is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 58.04% green and 5.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.43% magenta, 92.57% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 50°, with 86.17% saturation and 36.86% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.74.

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Relative luminance0.3032

Complementary

  1. #af940d
  2. #0d28af

Split complementary

  1. #af940d
  2. #0d79af
  3. #430daf

Analogous

  1. #af430d
  2. #af940d
  3. #79af0d

Triadic

  1. #af940d
  2. #0daf94
  3. #940daf

Tetradic

  1. #af940d
  2. #28af0d
  3. #0d28af
  4. #940daf

Square

  1. #af940d
  2. #0daf43
  3. #0d28af
  4. #af0d79

Monochromatic

  1. #211c02
  2. #685808
  3. #af940d
  4. #eecb1a
  5. #f3db62

Shades

#af940d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af940d
  2. #9e850c
  3. #8c760a
  4. #7b6809
  5. #695908
  6. #584a07
  7. #463b05
  8. #352c04
  9. #231e03
  10. #120f01
  11. #000000

Tints

#af940d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af940d
  2. #b79f25
  3. #bfa93d
  4. #c7b456
  5. #cfbf6e
  6. #d7ca86
  7. #dfd49e
  8. #e7dfb6
  9. #efeacf
  10. #f7f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af940d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af940d
  2. #aa9219
  3. #a69024
  4. #a18e30
  5. #9c8c3b
  6. #988a47
  7. #938852
  8. #8e865e
  9. #898469
  10. #858275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a09577 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a59100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac991c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be877e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9717 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88c64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af940d {
  color: #af940d;
}
Background
.bg-af940d {
  background-color: #af940d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af940d {
  border: 2px solid #af940d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af940d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 148 13;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 86% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af940d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af940d, #79af0d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af940d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 148 13 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.74 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.87 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.96 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.62 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.67 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.11 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.90 #506bf2 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#af940d  rgb(175, 148, 13)  hsl(50, 86%, 37%)  Brass
#0d28af  rgb(13, 40, 175)  hsl(230, 86%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0daf94  rgb(13, 175, 148)  hsl(170, 86%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#940daf  rgb(148, 13, 175)  hsl(290, 86%, 37%)  Dark Violet