Recognised as Colour

#AFBA0B

#AFBA0B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Yellow green

#AFBA0B is a yellow with RGB values 175, 186, 11 and HSL 64°, 89%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#AFBA0B#AFBA0B

HEX#AFBA0B

RGBrgb(175, 186, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7294, 0.0431

RGB percentages68.6%, 72.9%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(63.8, 88.8%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.8, 94.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK5.9%, 0%, 94.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,516,427

CSS custom property--colour: #AFBA0B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.85:1

Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB

Inverted#5045F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C9B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8B326no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original

Tritanopia#BCAE9Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 17.8 Olive · ΔE 27.2 Gold · ΔE 28.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.4 Yellow · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 17.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#160BBA

Analogous#BA6D0B, #57BA0B

Triadic#0BAFBA, #BA0BAF

Split complementary#0B57BA, #6D0BBA

Tetradic#0BBA6E, #160BBA, #BA0B58

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3F998

Lighter +30%#EDF668

Lighter +20%#E7F338

Lighter +10%#DCEA0E

Darker −10%#828A08

Darker −20%#545A05

Darker −30%#272A02

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B9C500

Less saturated −25%#99A124

Channel breakdown

R175

G186

B11

Red175 (68.6%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue63.77°

Saturation (HSL)88.83%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AF · G BA · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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