Recognised as Colour

#AFA688

#AFA688
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Tan

#AFA688 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 166, 136 and HSL 46°, 20%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Tan.

Colour values

#AFA688#AFA688

HEX#AFA688

RGBrgb(175, 166, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.651, 0.5333

RGB percentages68.6%, 65.1%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(46.2, 19.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.2, 22.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 22.3%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,511,432

CSS custom property--colour: #AFA688;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38164WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1

Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#505977

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ADA486no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFA789no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#B6A19Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Tan · ΔE 12.3 Dark grey · ΔE 16.9 Burlywood · ΔE 18.2 Silver · ΔE 19.3 Rosy brown · ΔE 21.8 Gray · ΔE 22.2

Nearest named CSS colourTan (#D2B48C)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8891AF

Analogous#AF9388, #A5AF88

Triadic#88AFA6, #A688AF

Split complementary#88A5AF, #9388AF

Tetradic#88AF93, #8891AF, #AF88A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#EDEAE3

Lighter +20%#D8D4C5

Lighter +10%#C4BDA6

Darker −10%#9A8F6A

Darker −20%#7D7454

Darker −30%#5E5740

Darker −40%#403B2B

More saturated +25%#C8B36F

Less saturated −25%#9C9C9C

Channel breakdown

R175

G166

B136

Red175 (68.6%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue46.15°

Saturation (HSL)19.6%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G A6 · B 88

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