Colour

#AF9B2C

#AF9B2C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AF9B2C is a yellow with RGB values 175, 155, 44 and HSL 51°, 60%, 43%. 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

#AF9B2C#AF9B2C

HEX#AF9B2C

RGBrgb(175, 155, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6078, 0.1725

RGB percentages68.6%, 60.8%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(50.8, 59.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 74.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 74.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,508,524

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9B2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1

Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#979797

Inverted#5064D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AB9718no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B09E33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#BD8F85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.7 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 text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4 Peru · ΔE 27.8

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#2C40AF

Analogous#AF592C, #82AF2C

Triadic#2CAF9B, #9B2CAF

Split complementary#2C82AF, #592CAF

Tetradic#2CAF59, #2C40AF, #AF2C82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEE6B9

Lighter +30%#E3D791

Lighter +20%#D9C868

Lighter +10%#CFB93F

Darker −10%#867722

Darker −20%#5D5318

Darker −30%#352F0D

Darker −40%#0C0B03

More saturated +25%#CAAE11

Less saturated −25%#948847

Channel breakdown

R175

G155

B44

Red175 (68.6%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue50.84°

Saturation (HSL)59.82%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9B · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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