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Recognised as Colour

#AFA872

  • #AFA872
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFA872 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 168, 114 and HSL 53°, 28%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AFA872#AFA872
HEX#AFA872
RGBrgb(175, 168, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6588, 0.4471
RGB percentages68.6%, 65.9%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(53.1, 27.6%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 34.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 4%, 34.9%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,511,922
CSS custom property--colour: #AFA872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.67:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#50578D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2A46Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4A874no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#B8A19Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 12Tan · ΔE 13.5Burlywood · ΔE 15.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4Wheat · ΔE 22.8Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 12.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7279AF
Analogous#AF8A72, #97AF72
Triadic#72AFA8, #A872AF
Split complementary#7297AF, #8A72AF
Tetradic#72AF8A, #7279AF, #AF7297

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F8F4
Lighter +30%#E6E4D4
Lighter +20%#D4D0B3
Lighter +10%#C1BC93
Darker −10%#989056
Darker −20%#777144
Darker −30%#575231
Darker −40%#36341F
More saturated +25%#CBBD56
Less saturated −25%#93938E

Channel breakdown

R175
G168
B114
Red175 (68.6%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue53.11°
Saturation (HSL)27.6%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G A8 · B 72

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