Recognised as Colour
#AFAA93
- #AFAA93
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#AFAA93 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 170, 147 and HSL 49°, 15%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#AFAA93#AFAA93
HEX#AFAA93
RGBrgb(175, 170, 147)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6667, 0.5765
RGB percentages68.6%, 66.7%, 57.6%
HSLhsl(49.3, 14.9%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 16%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 16%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,512,467
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAA93;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.3997WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#50556C
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9398AF
Analogous#AF9C93, #A6AF93
Triadic#93AFAA, #AA93AF
Split complementary#93A6AF, #9C93AF
Tetradic#93AF9C, #9398AF, #AF93A6
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G170
B147
Red175 (68.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue147 (57.6%)
Hue49.29°
Saturation (HSL)14.89%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G AA · B 93
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