Colour

#AFA269

#AFA269
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFA269 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 162, 105 and HSL 49°, 30%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AFA269#AFA269

HEX#AFA269

RGBrgb(175, 162, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6353, 0.4118

RGB percentages68.6%, 63.5%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(48.9, 30.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 40%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 7.4%, 40%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,510,377

CSS custom property--colour: #AFA269;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35975WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.19:1

Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1

Inverted#505D96

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AD9F65no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0A46Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#B99A94no 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 text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.7 Tan · ΔE 14 Burlywood · ΔE 15.1 Wheat · ΔE 24.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6976AF

Analogous#AF7F69, #99AF69

Triadic#69AFA2, #A269AF

Split complementary#6999AF, #7F69AF

Tetradic#69AF7F, #6976AF, #AF6999

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6F4EE

Lighter +30%#E4E0CD

Lighter +20%#D2CBAC

Lighter +10%#C1B78A

Darker −10%#958850

Darker −20%#746A3E

Darker −30%#534C2C

Darker −40%#322D1A

More saturated +25%#CCB44C

Less saturated −25%#929086

Channel breakdown

R175

G162

B105

Red175 (68.6%)

Green162 (63.5%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)30.43%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G A2 · B 69

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Colour values

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