Recognised as Colour
#AFAE9F
- #AFAE9F
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#AFAE9F is a yellow with RGB values 175, 174, 159 and HSL 56°, 9%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#AFAE9F#AFAE9F
HEX#AFAE9F
RGBrgb(175, 174, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.6824, 0.6235
RGB percentages68.6%, 68.2%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(56.3, 9.1%, 65.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 9.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK0%, 0.6%, 9.1%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,513,503
CSS custom property--colour: #AFAE9F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.41889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#505160
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#9FA0AF
Analogous#AFA69F, #A8AF9F
Triadic#9FAFAE, #AE9FAF
Split complementary#9FA8AF, #A69FAF
Tetradic#9FAFA6, #9FA0AF, #AF9FA8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G174
B159
Red175 (68.6%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue56.25°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness65.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR AF · G AE · B 9F
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