#AFA147

sRGB: 175 / 161 / 71

Radiant blossoms reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms disappear beneath stillness
Quiet wishes embrace the coming dawn

#AFA147 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 175 red, 161 green and 71 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 51.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 42.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 175, 161, 71
HSL: 51.92°, 42.28%, 48.24%
HSV / HSB: 51.92°, 59.43%, 68.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 8.00%, 59.43%, 31.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 31.560, 35.059, 11.066
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 65.795, -6.327, 47.697
WCAG relative luminance: 0.35059
24-bit decimal: 11510087

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AFA147 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 8.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.62:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4755AF sits half a turn (180°) from #AFA147 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AFA147 #4755AF

Analogous

#AF6D47 and #89AF47 sit 30° to either side of #AFA147. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AF6D47 #AFA147 #89AF47

Triadic

#AFA147, #47AFA1 and #A147AF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AFA147 #47AFA1 #A147AF

Split complementary

Start at #AFA147 and look across the wheel. #4789AF and #6D47AF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AFA147 #4789AF #6D47AF

Square

Starting with #AFA147, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #47AF6D, #4755AF, then #AF4789. Across the square, #AFA147 pairs with #4755AF, and #47AF6D with #AF4789.

#AFA147 #47AF6D #4755AF #AF4789

Tetradic

#AFA147 and #4755AF are opposites, as are #55AF47 and #A147AF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AFA147 #55AF47 #4755AF #A147AF

Tints

Mixing #AFA147 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB46C, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFECDA, the mixture is 80% white.

#AFA147 #BFB46C #CFC791 #DFD9B5 #EFECDA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AFA147 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8C8139, keeps 80% of the original. By #23200E, the mixture is 80% black.

#AFA147 #8C8139 #69612B #46401C #23200E #000000

Tones

Mixing #AFA147 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A69A52, keeps 80% of the original. By #898775, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AFA147 #A69A52 #9C945E #938D69 #898775 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AFA147

RGB

rgb(175 161 71)

HSL

hsl(51.923 42.276% 48.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AFA147;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AFA147 uses 175 red, 161 green and 71 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.6%

Green 63.1%

Blue 27.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AFA147 is 0.0% cyan, 8.0% magenta, 59.4% yellow and 31.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 8.0%

Yellow 59.4%

Black 31.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA9944. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A94 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AFA147 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA9944 Nearest web-safe: #999933

Gradient to complement

#AFA147 #9E9458 #8C886A #7B7B7B #6A6E8C #58629E #4755AF

Color vision previews

Compare how #AFA147 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B3A24B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BB978D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AF9F43

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B1A149

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B29E68

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#A0A0A0

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A8A07D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.42869 G 0.35640 B 0.06301

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.67695 G 0.63329 B 0.33272

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.41586 G 0.35880 B 0.09050

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.406 y 0.451 Y 35.059

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 31.373 M % 36.863 Y % 72.157

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101111 10100001 01000111