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Recognised as Colour

#AFB740

  • #AFB740
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark khaki

#AFB740 is a yellow with RGB values 175, 183, 64 and HSL 64°, 48%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark khaki.

Colour values

#AFB740#AFB740
HEX#AFB740
RGBrgb(175, 183, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7176, 0.251
RGB percentages68.6%, 71.8%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(64, 48.2%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64, 65%, 71.8%)
CMYK4.4%, 0%, 65%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,515,712
CSS custom property--colour: #AFB740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43351WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.67:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#5048BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4AF30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4B148no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BAAC9Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark khaki · ΔE 20.3Olive · ΔE 20.6Olivedrab · ΔE 21.2Yellow green · ΔE 22.4Khaki · ΔE 24.1Goldenrod · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark khaki (#BDB76B)ΔE 20.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4840B7
Analogous#B78440, #74B740
Triadic#40AFB7, #B740AF
Split complementary#4074B7, #8440B7
Tetradic#40B784, #4840B7, #B74074

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEF0D3
Lighter +30%#DFE2AE
Lighter +20%#D0D588
Lighter +10%#C1C862
Darker −10%#8B9133
Darker −20%#676B26
Darker −30%#434618
Darker −40%#1E200B
More saturated +25%#CAD621
Less saturated −25%#94985F

Channel breakdown

R175
G183
B64
Red175 (68.6%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue64.03°
Saturation (HSL)48.18%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G B7 · B 40

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