Recognised as Colour
#AFBC2C
- #AFBC2C
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Yellow green
#AFBC2C is a yellow with RGB values 175, 188, 44 and HSL 65°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.
Colour values
#AFBC2C#AFBC2C
HEX#AFBC2C
RGBrgb(175, 188, 44)
RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.7373, 0.1725
RGB percentages68.6%, 73.7%, 17.3%
HSLhsl(65.4, 62.1%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.4, 76.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK6.9%, 0%, 76.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,516,972
CSS custom property--colour: #AFBC2C;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.45262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#5043D3
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#392CBC
Analogous#BC812C, #67BC2C
Triadic#2CAFBC, #BC2CAF
Split complementary#2C67BC, #812CBC
Tetradic#2CBC81, #392CBC, #BC2C67
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R175
G188
B44
Red175 (68.6%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue44 (17.3%)
Hue65.42°
Saturation (HSL)62.07%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AF · G BC · B 2C
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Harmonies
Similar named colours
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page