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#AFA528

#afa528 ≈ Brass

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#afa528 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.63% red, 64.71% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 5.71% magenta, 77.14% yellow and 31.37% black. Its hue angle is 55.56°, with 62.79% saturation and 42.16% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Brass (#b5a642), ΔE 3.04.

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Relative luminance0.3618

Complementary

  1. #afa528
  2. #2832af

Split complementary

  1. #afa528
  2. #2875af
  3. #6228af

Analogous

  1. #af6228
  2. #afa528
  3. #75af28

Triadic

  1. #afa528
  2. #28afa5
  3. #a528af

Tetradic

  1. #afa528
  2. #32af28
  3. #2832af
  4. #a528af

Square

  1. #afa528
  2. #28af62
  3. #2832af
  4. #af2875

Monochromatic

  1. #32300c
  2. #716a1a
  3. #afa528
  4. #d6cc4d
  5. #e5de8b

Shades

#afa528 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #afa528
  2. #9e9524
  3. #8c8420
  4. #7b741c
  5. #696318
  6. #585314
  7. #464210
  8. #35320c
  9. #232108
  10. #121104
  11. #000000

Tints

#afa528 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #afa528
  2. #b7ae3e
  3. #bfb753
  4. #c7c069
  5. #cfc97e
  6. #d7d294
  7. #dfdba9
  8. #e7e4bf
  9. #efedd4
  10. #f7f6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#afa528 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #afa528
  2. #aaa131
  3. #a69e3a
  4. #a19a42
  5. #9c964b
  6. #989354
  7. #938f5d
  8. #8e8b66
  9. #89876e
  10. #858477
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7a383 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b49f08 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8a532 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bc998e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2a119 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4a52e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b79e72 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-afa528 {
  color: #afa528;
}
Background
.bg-afa528 {
  background-color: #afa528;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-afa528 {
  border: 2px solid #afa528;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #afa528;
  --color-primary-rgb: 175 165 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 63% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-afa528 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #afa528, #75af28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-afa528 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(175 165 40 / 0.35);
}

#b5a642 Brass ΔE 3.04 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.48 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.91 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.57 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 8.70 #8db600 Apple Green ΔE 11.41 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 12.04 #505ad7 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Brass
#afa528  rgb(175, 165, 40)  hsl(56, 63%, 42%)  Brass
#2832af  rgb(40, 50, 175)  hsl(236, 63%, 42%)  Persian Blue
#28afa5  rgb(40, 175, 165)  hsl(176, 63%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a528af  rgb(165, 40, 175)  hsl(296, 63%, 42%)  Dark Orchid