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#AF9C19

#af9c19 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#af9c19 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 61.18% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 10.86% magenta, 85.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 52.4°, with 75% saturation and 39.22% 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 7.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#999900
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Relative luminance0.3296

Complementary

  1. #af9c19
  2. #192caf

Split complementary

  1. #af9c19
  2. #1977af
  3. #5119af

Analogous

  1. #af5119
  2. #af9c19
  3. #77af19

Triadic

  1. #af9c19
  2. #19af9c
  3. #9c19af

Tetradic

  1. #af9c19
  2. #2caf19
  3. #192caf
  4. #9c19af

Square

  1. #af9c19
  2. #19af51
  3. #192caf
  4. #af1977

Monochromatic

  1. #292506
  2. #6c600f
  3. #af9c19
  4. #e2cc33
  5. #ebdc76

Shades

#af9c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #af9c19
  2. #9e8c17
  3. #8c7d14
  4. #7b6d12
  5. #695e0f
  6. #584e0d
  7. #463e0a
  8. #352f08
  9. #231f05
  10. #121003
  11. #000000

Tints

#af9c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #af9c19
  2. #b7a630
  3. #bfb047
  4. #c7ba5e
  5. #cfc475
  6. #d7ce8c
  7. #dfd7a3
  8. #e7e1ba
  9. #efebd1
  10. #f7f5e8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#af9c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #af9c19
  2. #aa9923
  3. #a6962e
  4. #a19438
  5. #9c9142
  6. #988e4d
  7. #938b57
  8. #8e8861
  9. #89866b
  10. #858376
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a49c7c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ac9700 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b19e25 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd9085 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad9900 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b09d21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b8956a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-af9c19 {
  color: #af9c19;
}
Background
.bg-af9c19 {
  background-color: #af9c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-af9c19 {
  border: 2px solid #af9c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #af9c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 156 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 52 75% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-af9c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #af9c19, #77af19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-af9c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 156 25 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.36 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.80 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 8.07 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.24 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.49 #b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 10.87 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.89 #5063e6 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Brass
#af9c19  rgb(175, 156, 25)  hsl(52, 75%, 39%)  Brass
#192caf  rgb(25, 44, 175)  hsl(232, 75%, 39%)  Egyptian Blue
#19af9c  rgb(25, 175, 156)  hsl(172, 75%, 39%)  Persian Green
#9c19af  rgb(156, 25, 175)  hsl(292, 75%, 39%)  Dark Orchid