Information about #AFAD69 color

#AFAD69 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AFAD69 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(175, 173, 105) — 68.6% red, 67.8% green, 41.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 1 / 27 / 31. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#AFAD69 is a moderately toned golden yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Khaki (#ADA96E). Slightly further away sit Iko (#B3AB6E) and Flourish (#ADB15E).

In RGB terms — rgb(175, 173, 105) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AFAD69 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AFAD69 color variations

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

#AFAD69 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#AFAD69 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#AFAD69 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#AFAD69 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#AFAD69 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #AFAD69

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

Khaki color link
Khaki

#ADA96E

Iko color link
Iko

#B3AB6E

Flourish color link
Flourish

#ADB15E

Gimblet color link
Gimblet

#B9AD61

Coromandel color link
Coromandel

#B9A873

Golden Green color link
Golden Green

#BDB369

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Pale Oak color link
Pale Oak

#BBA46D

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Dark Khaki color link
Dark Khaki

#BDB76B

Double Canterbury Clay color link
Double Canterbury Clay

#B89F6F

Light Olive color link
Light Olive

#ACBF69

#AFAD69 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AFAD69
  • RGB175, 173, 105
  • CMYK0, 1, 27, 31
  • CSSrgb(175, 173, 105)
  • HSL58°, 30%, 55%
  • HSL Precise58.286°, 30.435%, 54.902%
  • HSV58°, 40%, 69%
  • HSB58°, 40%, 69%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.686
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.412
  • GLSLvec3(0.686, 0.678, 0.412)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.686, 0.678, 0.412, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.686, 0.678, 0.412)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB68.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB41.2%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAFAD69
  • DECIMAL ID11513193
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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