Recognised as Colour

#AF9F56

#AF9F56
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AF9F56 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 159, 86 and HSL 49°, 36%, 51%. 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

#AF9F56#AF9F56

HEX#AF9F56

RGBrgb(175, 159, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6235, 0.3373

RGB percentages68.6%, 62.4%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(49.2, 35.7%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 50.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 50.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,509,590

CSS custom property--colour: #AF9F56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D

Inverted#5060A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AC9C50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A159no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#BB968Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 9.3 Burlywood · ΔE 18.8 Tan · ΔE 20.3 Olive · ΔE 23.3 Khaki · ΔE 25.9 Peru · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5666AF

Analogous#AF7256, #93AF56

Triadic#56AF9F, #9F56AF

Split complementary#5693AF, #7256AF

Tetradic#56AF72, #5666AF, #AF5693

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EEE0

Lighter +30%#E0DABE

Lighter +20%#D0C69B

Lighter +10%#BFB379

Darker −10%#8F8143

Darker −20%#6C6233

Darker −30%#494223

Darker −40%#272312

More saturated +25%#CEB337

Less saturated −25%#908B75

Channel breakdown

R175

G159

B86

Red175 (68.6%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue49.21°

Saturation (HSL)35.74%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G 9F · B 56

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#AF9F56

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else