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Recognised as Colour

#AFA168

  • #AFA168
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFA168 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 161, 104 and HSL 48°, 31%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AFA168#AFA168
HEX#AFA168
RGBrgb(175, 161, 104)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6314, 0.4078
RGB percentages68.6%, 63.1%, 40.8%
HSLhsl(48.2, 30.7%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 40.6%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 8%, 40.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,510,120
CSS custom property--colour: #AFA168;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.12:1
Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#505E97

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#AC9E64no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0A36Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#B99993no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#6876AF
Analogous#AF7D68, #9AAF68
Triadic#68AFA1, #A168AF
Split complementary#689AAF, #7D68AF
Tetradic#68AF7D, #6876AF, #AF689A

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F6F4ED
Lighter +30%#E4DFCC
Lighter +20%#D2CBAB
Lighter +10%#C1B689
Darker −10%#95874F
Darker −20%#74693D
Darker −30%#524B2C
Darker −40%#312C1A
More saturated +25%#CCB24B
Less saturated −25%#929085

Channel breakdown

R175
G161
B104
Red175 (68.6%)
Green161 (63.1%)
Blue104 (40.8%)
Hue48.17°
Saturation (HSL)30.74%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G A1 · B 68

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