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Recognised as Colour

#AF9B28

  • #AF9B28
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#AF9B28 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 155, 40 and HSL 51°, 63%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AF9B28#AF9B28
HEX#AF9B28
RGBrgb(175, 155, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6078, 0.1569
RGB percentages68.6%, 60.8%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(51.1, 62.8%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 77.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.4%, 77.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,508,520
CSS custom property--colour: #AF9B28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#5064D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AB970Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B09E30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#BD8F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16Goldenrod · ΔE 18.2Dark khaki · ΔE 21.9Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7Peru · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#283CAF
Analogous#AF5728, #80AF28
Triadic#28AF9B, #9B28AF
Split complementary#2880AF, #5728AF
Tetradic#28AF57, #283CAF, #AF2880

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE6B5
Lighter +30%#E5D78B
Lighter +20%#DBC962
Lighter +10%#D2BB38
Darker −10%#85761F
Darker −20%#5C5115
Darker −30%#322D0C
Darker −40%#090802
More saturated +25%#CAAE0D
Less saturated −25%#948843

Channel breakdown

R175
G155
B40
Red175 (68.6%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue51.11°
Saturation (HSL)62.79%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G 9B · B 28

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