#afc257

Color #afc257

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 17.57 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 10.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afc257

RGB

rgb(175, 194, 87)

HSL

hsl(70.7, 46.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(70.7, 55.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(75.07, -21.97, 50.78)

LCH

lch(75.07, 55.33, 113.4)

OKLCH

oklch(77.8%, 0.1345, 118.03)

HWB

hwb(70.7, 34.1%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6a57c2

Analogous

#c2a057

#afc257

#79c257

Triadic

#afc257

#57afc2

#c257af

Split-complementary

#afc257

#5779c2

#a057c2

Tetradic

#afc257

#57c26a

#6a57c2

#c257af

Square

#afc257

#57c2a0

#6a57c2

#c25779

Shades

Color #afc257 mixed toward black.

#98ac3e

#7a8932

#5b6725

#3d4519

#1e220c

Tints

Color #afc257 mixed toward white.

#bccc73

#cad68f

#d7e0ab

#e4ebc7

#f2f5e3

Tones

Color #afc257 mixed toward gray.

#a9b960

#a3b069

#9ea772

#989e7b

#929584

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b87c · ΔE 8.5

Deuteranopia

#b6b583 · ΔE 10.6

Tritanopia

#b09296 · ΔE 37.1

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afc257;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afc257]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Frequently asked questions

#afc257 (#afc257) is rgb(175, 194, 87) in RGB.

No, #afc257 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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