#afafa9

Color #afafa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.87 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#afafa9

RGB

rgb(175, 175, 169)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(71.31, -1.11, 3.07)

LCH

lch(71.31, 3.26, 109.88)

OKLCH

oklch(75.2%, 0.0084, 106.5)

HWB

hwb(60, 66.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a9af

Analogous

#afaca9

#afafa9

#acafa9

Triadic

#afafa9

#a9afaf

#afa9af

Split-complementary

#afafa9

#a9acaf

#aca9af

Tetradic

#afafa9

#a9afa9

#a9a9af

#afa9af

Square

#afafa9

#a9afac

#a9a9af

#afa9ac

Shades

Color #afafa9 mixed toward black.

#93938b

#77776f

#595953

#3b3b37

#1e1e1c

Tints

Color #afafa9 mixed toward white.

#bcbcb7

#cacac6

#d7d7d4

#e4e4e2

#f2f2f1

Tones

Color #afafa9 mixed toward gray.

#afafaa

#aeaeaa

#aeaeab

#adadab

#adadac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafaa · ΔE 0.5

Deuteranopia

#afafab · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#afacac · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 3.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #afafa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afafa9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#afafa9 (#afafa9) is rgb(175, 175, 169) in RGB.

No, #afafa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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