#afb879

Color #afb879

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 13.8

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Conversions

HEX

#afb879

RGB

rgb(175, 184, 121)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 30.7%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 34.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 34.2%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(72.74, -13.3, 31.01)

LCH

lch(72.74, 33.74, 113.21)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0847, 115.08)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 47.5%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8279b8

Analogous

#b8a279

#afb879

#8fb879

Triadic

#afb879

#79afb8

#b879af

Split-complementary

#afb879

#798fb8

#a279b8

Tetradic

#afb879

#79b882

#8279b8

#b879af

Square

#afb879

#79b8a2

#8279b8

#b8798f

Shades

Color #afb879 mixed toward black.

#9ba658

#7c8546

#5d6435

#3e4223

#1f2112

Tints

Color #afb879 mixed toward white.

#bcc48f

#cad0a6

#d7dbbc

#e4e7d2

#f2f3e9

Tones

Color #afb879 mixed toward gray.

#abb37e

#a7ad84

#a4a889

#a0a38e

#9c9e93

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b38c · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#b2b290 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#af989b · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #afb879;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#afb879]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#afb879 (#afb879) is rgb(175, 184, 121) in RGB.

No, #afb879 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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