#afa55e

Color #afa55e

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 6.8 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 15.1

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Conversions

HEX

#afa55e

RGB

rgb(175, 165, 94)

HSL

hsl(52.6, 33.6%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(52.6, 46.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46.3%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(67.15, -6.44, 37.93)

LCH

lch(67.15, 38.47, 99.64)

OKLCH

oklch(71.5%, 0.093, 101.35)

HWB

hwb(52.6, 36.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e68af

Analogous

#af7c5e

#afa55e

#90af5e

Triadic

#afa55e

#5eafa5

#a55eaf

Split-complementary

#afa55e

#5e90af

#7c5eaf

Tetradic

#afa55e

#68af5e

#5e68af

#a55eaf

Square

#afa55e

#5eaf7c

#5e68af

#af5e90

Shades

Color #afa55e mixed toward black.

#968c4a

#78703b

#5a542d

#3c381e

#1e1c0f

Tints

Color #afa55e mixed toward white.

#bcb479

#cac394

#d7d2ae

#e4e1c9

#f2f0e4

Tones

Color #afa55e mixed toward gray.

#a8a065

#a19b6b

#9b9672

#949179

#8d8b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abab74 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#abac79 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#af8386 · ΔE 31.2

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afa55e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afa55e]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Gold #ffd700

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#afa55e (#afa55e) is rgb(175, 165, 94) in RGB.

No, #afa55e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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