Colour

#AF9D39

#AF9D39
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#AF9D39 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 157, 57 and HSL 51°, 51%, 45%. 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

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HEX#AF9D39

RGBrgb(175, 157, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6157, 0.2235

RGB percentages68.6%, 61.6%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(50.8, 50.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 67.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 67.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,509,049

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9D39;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33523WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1

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

Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#5062C6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC992Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B19F3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BC9288no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 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 text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 22 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.3 Peru · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#394BAF

Analogous#AF6239, #86AF39

Triadic#39AF9D, #9D39AF

Split complementary#3986AF, #6239AF

Tetradic#39AF62, #394BAF, #AF3986

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDE7C7

Lighter +30%#E0D7A1

Lighter +20%#D4C67A

Lighter +10%#C7B654

Darker −10%#897A2C

Darker −20%#625820

Darker −30%#3C3513

Darker −40%#151307

More saturated +25%#CCB11C

Less saturated −25%#928956

Channel breakdown

R175

G157

B57

Red175 (68.6%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue50.85°

Saturation (HSL)50.86%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9D · B 39

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