#AFA598

sRGB: 175 / 165 / 152

Radiant blossoms reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms wander across quiet meadows
Rising tides carry promises of spring

#AFA598 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 175 red, 165 green and 152 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 33.9° lands in the orange region. Its 12.6% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 64.1% 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 (8.66:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 175, 165, 152
HSL: 33.91°, 12.57%, 64.12%
HSV / HSB: 33.91°, 13.14%, 68.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.71%, 13.14%, 31.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.800, 38.291, 35.159
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.235, 1.345, 8.031
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38291
24-bit decimal: 11511192

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 #AFA598 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: 8.66:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.43:1

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

#98A2AF sits half a turn (180°) from #AFA598 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.

#AFA598 #98A2AF

Analogous

#AF9A98 and #AEAF98 sit 30° to either side of #AFA598. 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.

#AF9A98 #AFA598 #AEAF98

Triadic

#AFA598, #98AFA5 and #A598AF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AFA598 #98AFA5 #A598AF

Split complementary

Start at #AFA598 and look across the wheel. #98AEAF and #9A98AF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AFA598 #98AEAF #9A98AF

Square

Starting with #AFA598, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #98AF9A, #98A2AF, then #AF98AE. Across the square, #AFA598 pairs with #98A2AF, and #98AF9A with #AF98AE.

#AFA598 #98AF9A #98A2AF #AF98AE

Tetradic

#AFA598 and #98A2AF are opposites, as are #A2AF98 and #A598AF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AFA598 #A2AF98 #98A2AF #A598AF

Tints

Mixing #AFA598 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB7AD, keeps 80% of the original. By #EFEDEA, the mixture is 80% white.

#AFA598 #BFB7AD #CFC9C1 #DFDBD6 #EFEDEA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AFA598 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8C847A, keeps 80% of the original. By #23211E, the mixture is 80% black.

#AFA598 #8C847A #69635B #46423D #23211E #000000

Tones

Mixing #AFA598 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A69E93, keeps 80% of the original. By #898785, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AFA598 #A69E93 #9C968E #938F8A #898785 #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

#AFA598

RGB

rgb(175 165 152)

HSL

hsl(33.913 12.568% 64.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AFA598;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AFA598 uses 175 red, 165 green and 152 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 68.6%

Green 64.7%

Blue 59.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AFA598 is 0.0% cyan, 5.7% magenta, 13.1% yellow and 31.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.7%

Yellow 13.1%

Black 31.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAA99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AA9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AFA598 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #999999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAA99 Nearest web-safe: #999999

Gradient to complement

#AFA598 #ABA59C #A7A4A0 #A4A4A4 #A0A3A7 #9CA3AB #98A2AF

Color vision previews

Compare how #AFA598 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.

#A9A597

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.

#ABA798

Tritanopia

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

#B3A2A1

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.

#ABA598

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.

#ACA698

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#B0A49C

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A6A6A6

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.

#ABA69F

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 0.37626 B 0.31399

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 0.67953 G 0.64841 B 0.60163

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.41938 G 0.37800 B 0.32046

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.347 Y 38.291

CMY

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

C % 31.373 M % 35.294 Y % 40.392

Binary RGB

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

10101111 10100101 10011000