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#AFA204

#afa204 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa204 is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.53% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.43% magenta, 97.71% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 55.44°, with 95.53% saturation and 35.1% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.3496

Complementary

  1. #afa204
  2. #0411af

Split complementary

  1. #afa204
  2. #0467af
  3. #4d04af

Analogous

  1. #af4d04
  2. #afa204
  3. #67af04

Triadic

  1. #afa204
  2. #04afa2
  3. #a204af

Tetradic

  1. #afa204
  2. #11af04
  3. #0411af
  4. #a204af

Square

  1. #afa204
  2. #04af4d
  3. #0411af
  4. #af0467

Monochromatic

  1. #191801
  2. #645d02
  3. #afa204
  4. #f9e706
  5. #fbee51

Shades

#afa204 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa204
  2. #9e9204
  3. #8c8203
  4. #7b7103
  5. #696102
  6. #585102
  7. #464102
  8. #353101
  9. #232001
  10. #121000
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa204 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa204
  2. #b7ab1d
  3. #bfb536
  4. #c7be4f
  5. #cfc768
  6. #d7d182
  7. #dfda9b
  8. #e7e3b4
  9. #efeccd
  10. #f7f6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa204 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa204
  2. #aa9f10
  3. #a69b1d
  4. #a19829
  5. #9c9436
  6. #989142
  7. #938e4e
  8. #8e8a5b
  9. #898767
  10. #858374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6a17e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b29c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a21c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bd968a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b19f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b3a215 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b89b6d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa204 {
  color: #afa204;
}
Background
.bg-afa204 {
  background-color: #afa204;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa204 {
  border: 2px solid #afa204;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa204;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 162 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 96% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa204 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa204, #67af04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa204 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 162 4 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 4.62 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 7.27 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 7.94 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.63 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.53 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.68 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 11.95 #505dfb Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa204  rgb(175, 162, 4)  hsl(55, 96%, 35%)  Brass
#0411af  rgb(4, 17, 175)  hsl(235, 96%, 35%)  Zaffre
#04afa2  rgb(4, 175, 162)  hsl(175, 96%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#a204af  rgb(162, 4, 175)  hsl(295, 96%, 35%)  Dark Violet