Colour

#AF9C16

#AF9C16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AF9C16 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 156, 22 and HSL 53°, 78%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#AF9C16

RGBrgb(175, 156, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6118, 0.0863

RGB percentages68.6%, 61.2%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.5, 77.7%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 87.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 87.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,508,758

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9C16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32949WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness153.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1

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

Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#969696

Inverted#5063E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B19E23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BD9085no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 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 text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 16.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.1 Peru · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1629AF

Analogous#AF5016, #75AF16

Triadic#16AF9C, #9C16AF

Split complementary#1676AF, #4F16AF

Tetradic#16AF50, #1629AF, #AF1676

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E89E

Lighter +30%#EDDE71

Lighter +20%#E7D344

Lighter +10%#DCC41C

Darker −10%#827410

Darker −20%#544B0B

Darker −30%#272305

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C5AD00

Less saturated −25%#96892F

Channel breakdown

R175

G156

B22

Red175 (68.6%)

Green156 (61.2%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.55°

Saturation (HSL)77.66%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9C · B 16

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Colour values

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