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#AF940F

#af940f ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af940f 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 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.43% magenta, 91.43% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 49.88°, with 84.21% saturation and 37.25% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 6.7.

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Relative luminance0.3033

Complementary

  1. #af940f
  2. #0f2aaf

Split complementary

  1. #af940f
  2. #0f7aaf
  3. #440faf

Analogous

  1. #af440f
  2. #af940f
  3. #7aaf0f

Triadic

  1. #af940f
  2. #0faf94
  3. #940faf

Tetradic

  1. #af940f
  2. #2aaf0f
  3. #0f2aaf
  4. #940faf

Square

  1. #af940f
  2. #0faf44
  3. #0f2aaf
  4. #af0f7a

Monochromatic

  1. #221d03
  2. #695809
  3. #af940f
  4. #ecc91f
  5. #f2da65

Shades

#af940f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af940f
  2. #9e850e
  3. #8c760c
  4. #7b680b
  5. #695909
  6. #584a08
  7. #463b06
  8. #352c05
  9. #231e03
  10. #120f02
  11. #000000

Tints

#af940f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af940f
  2. #b79f27
  3. #bfa93f
  4. #c7b457
  5. #cfbf6f
  6. #d7ca87
  7. #dfd49f
  8. #e7dfb7
  9. #efeacf
  10. #f7f4e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af940f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af940f
  2. #aa921a
  3. #a69026
  4. #a18e31
  5. #9c8c3c
  6. #988a48
  7. #938853
  8. #8e865e
  9. #898469
  10. #858275
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 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 #ac991d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #be877e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a99200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ad9718 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b88c64 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af940f {
  color: #af940f;
}
Background
.bg-af940f {
  background-color: #af940f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af940f {
  border: 2px solid #af940f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af940f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 148 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 84% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af940f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af940f, #7aaf0f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af940f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 148 15 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.70 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 7.85 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.95 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 9.61 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 9.66 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 10.07 #808000 Olive ΔE 11.89 #506bf0 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Brass
#af940f  rgb(175, 148, 15)  hsl(50, 84%, 37%)  Brass
#0f2aaf  rgb(15, 42, 175)  hsl(230, 84%, 37%)  Egyptian Blue
#0faf94  rgb(15, 175, 148)  hsl(170, 84%, 37%)  Jungle Green
#940faf  rgb(148, 15, 175)  hsl(290, 84%, 37%)  Dark Violet