Colour

#AFA56D

#AFA56D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFA56D is a yellow with RGB values 175, 165, 109 and HSL 51°, 29%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AFA56D

RGBrgb(175, 165, 109)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6471, 0.4275

RGB percentages68.6%, 64.7%, 42.7%

HSLhsl(50.9, 29.2%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 37.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.7%, 37.7%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,511,149

CSS custom property--colour: #AFA56D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1

Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#505A92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFA269no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#B2A66Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#B89D97no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 11.5 Tan · ΔE 13.8 Burlywood · ΔE 15.3 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.1 Wheat · ΔE 23.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 11.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6D77AF

Analogous#AF846D, #98AF6D

Triadic#6DAFA5, #A56DAF

Split complementary#6D98AF, #846DAF

Tetradic#6DAF84, #6D77AF, #AF6D98

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7F6F1

Lighter +30%#E5E2D0

Lighter +20%#D3CEAF

Lighter +10%#C1B98E

Darker −10%#978C52

Darker −20%#766E40

Darker −30%#554F2E

Darker −40%#34301C

More saturated +25%#CBB951

Less saturated −25%#939189

Channel breakdown

R175

G165

B109

Red175 (68.6%)

Green165 (64.7%)

Blue109 (42.7%)

Hue50.91°

Saturation (HSL)29.2%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G A5 · B 6D

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