Recognised as Colour

#AF9C08

#AF9C08
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#AF9C08 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 156, 8 and HSL 53°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#AF9C08#AF9C08

HEX#AF9C08

RGBrgb(175, 156, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6118, 0.0314

RGB percentages68.6%, 61.2%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(53.2, 91.3%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 95.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 95.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,508,744

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9C08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32908WCAG 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 7.58:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#959595

Inverted#5063F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B29E1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#BE8F84no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.4 Olive · ΔE 17 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2 Gold · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#081BAF

Analogous#AF4908, #6EAF08

Triadic#08AF9C, #9C08AF

Split complementary#086EAF, #4908AF

Tetradic#08AF48, #081BAF, #AF086E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAED89

Lighter +30%#F7E559

Lighter +20%#F5DE28

Lighter +10%#E0C70A

Darker −10%#7E7106

Darker −20%#4D4504

Darker −30%#1D1A01

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B7A200

Less saturated −25%#988A1F

Channel breakdown

R175

G156

Red175 (68.6%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue53.17°

Saturation (HSL)91.26%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9C · B 08

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Colour values

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