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#AFA280

#afa280 ≈ Ecru

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#afa280 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 63.53% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.43% magenta, 26.86% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 43.4°, with 22.71% saturation and 59.41% 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 8.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ecru (#c2b280), ΔE 6.12.

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Relative luminance0.3651

Complementary

  1. #afa280
  2. #808daf

Split complementary

  1. #afa280
  2. #80a5af
  3. #8a80af

Analogous

  1. #af8a80
  2. #afa280
  3. #a5af80

Triadic

  1. #afa280
  2. #80afa2
  3. #a280af

Tetradic

  1. #afa280
  2. #8daf80
  3. #808daf
  4. #a280af

Square

  1. #afa280
  2. #80af8a
  3. #808daf
  4. #af80a5

Monochromatic

  1. #5c533a
  2. #8b7d58
  3. #afa280
  4. #cdc4af
  5. #eae7de

Shades

#afa280 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa280
  2. #9e9273
  3. #8c8266
  4. #7b715a
  5. #69614d
  6. #585140
  7. #464133
  8. #353126
  9. #23201a
  10. #12100d
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa280 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa280
  2. #b7ab8d
  3. #bfb599
  4. #c7bea6
  5. #cfc7b3
  6. #d7d1c0
  7. #dfdacc
  8. #e7e3d9
  9. #efece6
  10. #f7f6f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa280 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa280
  2. #aa9f80
  3. #a69b80
  4. #a19880
  5. #9c9480
  6. #989180
  7. #938e80
  8. #8e8a80
  9. #898780
  10. #858380
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8a296 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa17e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ada481 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b79c99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aca17f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aea381 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b49f90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa280 {
  color: #afa280;
}
Background
.bg-afa280 {
  background-color: #afa280;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa280 {
  border: 2px solid #afa280;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa280;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 162 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 23% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa280 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa280, #a5af80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa280 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 162 128 / 0.35);
}

#c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.12 #bcb88a Sage ΔE 7.62 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.67 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.04 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 11.03 #deb887 Burly Wood ΔE 11.19 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 12.44 #505d7f Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Ecru
#afa280  rgb(175, 162, 128)  hsl(43, 23%, 59%)  Ecru
#808daf  rgb(128, 141, 175)  hsl(223, 23%, 59%)  Cool Gray
#80afa2  rgb(128, 175, 162)  hsl(163, 23%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#a280af  rgb(162, 128, 175)  hsl(283, 23%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty