#afafa8

Color #afafa8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afafa8

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 168)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.2%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(71.28, -1.29, 3.58)

LCH

lch(71.28, 3.81, 109.82)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0098, 106.59)

HWB

hwb(60, 65.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a8af

Analogous

#afaca8

#afafa8

#acafa8

Triadic

#afafa8

#a8afaf

#afa8af

Split-complementary

#afafa8

#a8acaf

#aca8af

Tetradic

#afafa8

#a8afa8

#a8a8af

#afa8af

Square

#afafa8

#a8afac

#a8a8af

#afa8ac

Shades

Color #afafa8 mixed toward black.

#94948a

#77776e

#595952

#3c3c37

#1e1e1b

Tints

Color #afafa8 mixed toward white.

#bcbcb7

#cacac5

#d7d7d4

#e4e4e2

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #afafa8 mixed toward gray.

#afafa9

#aeaea9

#adadaa

#acacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafaa · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#afafaa · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#afabab · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 3.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #afafa8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafa8]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#afafa8 (#afafa8) is rgb(175, 175, 168) in RGB.

No, #afafa8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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