Colour

#AFCD99

#AFCD99
Green
Light
Nearest: Dark seagreen

#AFCD99 is a green with RGB values 175, 205, 153 and HSL 95°, 34%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark seagreen.

Colour values

#AFCD99#AFCD99

HEX#AFCD99

RGBrgb(175, 205, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.6863, 0.8039, 0.6

RGB percentages68.6%, 80.4%, 60%

HSLhsl(94.6, 34.2%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(94.6, 25.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK14.6%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,521,433

CSS custom property--colour: #AFCD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#503266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2C596no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDC39Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Tritanopia#B0C9BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark seagreen · ΔE 9.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 22.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 23.2 Wheat · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark seagreen (#8FBC8F)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B799CD

Analogous#C9CD99, #99CD9D

Triadic#99AFCD, #CD99AF

Split complementary#9D99CD, #CD99C9

Tetradic#99C9CD, #B799CD, #CD9D99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E5EFDD

Lighter +10%#CADEBB

Darker −10%#94BC77

Darker −20%#79AB55

Darker −30%#618A43

Darker −40%#496733

More saturated +25%#ACE086

Less saturated −25%#B2BAAC

Channel breakdown

R175

G205

B153

Red175 (68.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue94.62°

Saturation (HSL)34.21%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AF · G CD · B 99

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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