Recognised as Colour

#AFAC4E

#AFAC4E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFAC4E is a yellow with RGB values 175, 172, 78 and HSL 58°, 38%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#AFAC4E

RGBrgb(175, 172, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6745, 0.3059

RGB percentages68.6%, 67.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(58.1, 38.3%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 55.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 55.4%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,512,910

CSS custom property--colour: #AFAC4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness165 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6

Inverted#5053B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9A644no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBAA53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BAA297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 10.1 Olive · ΔE 19.2 Khaki · ΔE 21.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 22 Burlywood · ΔE 27.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 10.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E51AF

Analogous#AF7B4E, #82AF4E

Triadic#4EAFAC, #AC4EAF

Split complementary#4E81AF, #7C4EAF

Tetradic#4EAF7B, #4E51AF, #AF4E81

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFEEDA

Lighter +30%#DFDEB7

Lighter +20%#CFCD94

Lighter +10%#BFBD71

Darker −10%#8C893E

Darker −20%#68672F

Darker −30%#45441F

Darker −40%#22210F

More saturated +25%#CFCA2E

Less saturated −25%#8F8E6E

Channel breakdown

R175

G172

B78

Red175 (68.6%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue58.14°

Saturation (HSL)38.34%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR AF · G AC · B 4E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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