Recognised as Colour

#AFB203

#AFB203
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#AFB203 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 178, 3 and HSL 61°, 97%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AFB203#AFB203

HEX#AFB203

RGBrgb(175, 178, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.698, 0.0118

RGB percentages68.6%, 69.8%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(61, 96.7%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61, 98.3%, 69.8%)

CMYK1.7%, 0%, 98.3%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,514,371

CSS custom property--colour: #AFB203;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.19:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5

Inverted#504DFC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C1A900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C2AD21no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Tritanopia#BCA697no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 21.8 Olive · ΔE 24 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.4 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 21.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0603B2

Analogous#B25D03, #58B203

Triadic#03AFB2, #B203AF

Split complementary#0357B2, #5E03B2

Tetradic#03B25D, #0603B2, #B20357

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFD84

Lighter +30%#F9FC52

Lighter +20%#F7FB20

Lighter +10%#E0E404

Darker −10%#7E8002

Darker −20%#4C4E01

Darker −30%#1B1C00

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B2B500

Less saturated −25%#999B1A

Channel breakdown

R175

G178

Red175 (68.6%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue61.03°

Saturation (HSL)96.69%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AF · G B2 · B 03

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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