HEX Color #AFAF49 (Darkkhaki)

About #AFAF49

The hex code #AFAF49 represents a beautifully specific shade of yellow. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkkhaki. In the RGB color space, it consists of 175 red, 175 green, and 73 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 58% yellow, and 31% black. The HSL representation is 60.0° hue, 41.1% saturation, and 48.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#AFAF49

RGB175, 175, 73

HSL60.0°, 41.1%, 48.6%

CMYK0%, 0%, 58%, 31%

HSV60.0°, 58.3%, 68.6%

LAB69.7, -13.5, 51.1

XYZ34.2, 40.3, 12.3

Decimal11513673

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#AFAF49 #4949AF

Analogous

#AF7C49 #7CAF49

Triadic

#49AEAF #AF49AE

Tetradic

#49AF7C #4949AF #AF497C

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#AFAF49

#B7B75D

#C0C071

#C9C985

#D2D299

#DBDBAE

#E4E4C2

#EDEDD6

#F6F6EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#AFAF49

#9B9B40

#888838

#747430

#616128

#4D4D20

#3A3A18

#262610

#131308

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.32:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.05:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.22:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.69:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #AFAF49; }

.text-color { color: #AFAF49; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #AFAF49; }

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Darkkhaki

#BDB76B