Recognised as Colour
#AF9F51
- #AF9F51
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark khaki
#AF9F51 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 159, 81 and HSL 50°, 37%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.
Colour values
#AF9F51#AF9F51
HEX#AF9F51
RGBrgb(175, 159, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6235, 0.3176
RGB percentages68.6%, 62.4%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(49.8, 37%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 53.7%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 9.1%, 53.7%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,509,585
CSS custom property--colour: #AF9F51;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.34504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.9:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#5060AE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#5161AF
Analogous#AF7051, #90AF51
Triadic#51AF9F, #9F51AF
Split complementary#5190AF, #7051AF
Tetradic#51AF70, #5161AF, #AF5190
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G159
B81
Red175 (68.6%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue49.79°
Saturation (HSL)37.01%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G 9F · B 51
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