Colour

#AF9D2B

#AF9D2B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AF9D2B is a yellow with RGB values 175, 157, 43 and HSL 52°, 61%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#AF9D2B#AF9D2B

HEX#AF9D2B

RGBrgb(175, 157, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6157, 0.1686

RGB percentages68.6%, 61.6%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 60.6%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 75.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 75.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,509,035

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9D2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#5062D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AD9915no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B19F33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BD9187no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 17.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 19 Dark khaki · ΔE 21 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9 Khaki · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3DAF

Analogous#AF5B2B, #7FAF2B

Triadic#2BAF9D, #9D2BAF

Split complementary#2B7FAF, #5B2BAF

Tetradic#2BAF5B, #2B3DAF, #AF2B7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEE6B8

Lighter +30%#E4D88F

Lighter +20%#DACA66

Lighter +10%#CFBC3E

Darker −10%#867821

Darker −20%#5D5417

Darker −30%#342F0D

Darker −40%#0B0A03

More saturated +25%#CAB110

Less saturated −25%#948946

Channel breakdown

R175

G157

B43

Red175 (68.6%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)60.55%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9D · B 2B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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