Information about #AFAD7E color

#AFAD7E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AFAD7E falls into the Yellow Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 173, 126) — 68.6% red, 67.8% green, 49.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 19 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AFAD7E reads as a softly toned sunny yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Grayish Olive (#A8A87D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Neutral Green (#AAA583) and Stone Age (#B6B285).

The recipe behind #AFAD7E is rgb(175, 173, 126), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AFAD7E: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. #AFAD7E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#AFAD7E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AFAD7E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AFAD7E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Stone Age color link
Stone Age

#B6B285

Stone color link
Stone

#ADA587

Bland color link
Bland

#AFA88B

Double Sisal color link
Double Sisal

#B2A286

Shelter color link
Shelter

#B4A183

Navarone color link
Navarone

#B9A584

Pavlova color link
Pavlova

#BAAB87

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AFAD7E
  • RGB175, 173, 126
  • CMYK0, 1, 19, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 173, 126)
  • HSL58°, 23%, 59%
  • HSL Precise57.551°, 23.445%, 59.02%
  • HSV58°, 28%, 69%
  • HSB58°, 28%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.678, 0.494)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.678, 0.494, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.678, 0.494)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAFAD7E
  • DECIMAL ID11513214
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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