Colour

#AFA057

#AFA057
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFA057 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 160, 87 and HSL 50°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AFA057#AFA057

HEX#AFA057

RGBrgb(175, 160, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6275, 0.3412

RGB percentages68.6%, 62.7%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(49.8, 35.5%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 50.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.6%, 50.3%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,509,847

CSS custom property--colour: #AFA057;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34944WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.99:1

Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E

Inverted#505FA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AD9D51no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1A25Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#BB978Fno 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 text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 8.8 Burlywood · ΔE 18.8 Tan · ΔE 20.3 Olive · ΔE 23.5 Khaki · ΔE 25.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 8.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5766AF

Analogous#AF7457, #92AF57

Triadic#57AFA0, #A057AF

Split complementary#5792AF, #7457AF

Tetradic#57AF74, #5766AF, #AF5792

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1EEE1

Lighter +30%#E0DBBF

Lighter +20%#D0C79C

Lighter +10%#BFB47A

Darker −10%#8F8244

Darker −20%#6C6334

Darker −30%#4A4323

Darker −40%#272413

More saturated +25%#CEB438

Less saturated −25%#908C76

Channel breakdown

R175

G160

B87

Red175 (68.6%)

Green160 (62.7%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)35.48%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G A0 · B 57

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