What is hex #AFA73F color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 69% red, 65% green and 25% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (175,167,63).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 5%, 64%, 31%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #AFA73F features a hue of 56°, 64% saturation, and a brightness value of 69%.

Hex #AFA73F Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #AFA73F
RGB Values (175,167,63)
CMYK Values (0%, 5%, 64%, 31%)
HSV/HSB Values (56°, 64%, 69%)
Closest Web Safe
#999933
Inverse Color
#5058C0
Closest Pantone®
618 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1024 [Ochre yellow]
Complementary Color
#3F47AF

#AFA73F Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#878787
Lightness (Desaturation)
#777777
Weighted (BT601)
#9E9E9E
Luma (BT709)
#A1A1A1

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #AFA73F complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #AFA73F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AFA73F.

Contrast Ratio: 2.49:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #AFA73F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #AFA73F.

Contrast Ratio: 8.42:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #AFA73F Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #AFA73F is #3F47AF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #AFA73F you will find #3F47AF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#AFA73F #3F47AF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #AFA73F is composed with colors #AF6F3F and #7FAF3F. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AFA73F with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#AF6F3F #AFA73F #7FAF3F

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #AFA73F is composed with colors #6F3FAF and #3F7FAF. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#AFA73F #6F3FAF #3F7FAF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #AFA73F is composed with colors #A73FAF and #3FAFA7. They are located to the right and left of your main color #AFA73F with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#AFA73F #A73FAF #3FAFA7

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #AFA73F is composed with colors #3FAFA7, #3F47AF and #AF3F47 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#AFA73F #3FAFA7 #3F47AF #AF3F47

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #AFA73F is composed with colors #3FAF6F, #3F47AF and #AF3F7F To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#AFA73F #3FAF6F #3F47AF #AF3F7F

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #AFA73F

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #AFA73F.

#AFA73F #BCB346 #C1BA55 #C7C064 #CCC673 #D2CC82 #D7D291 #DCD8A0

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#AFA73F #A39D4A #979356 #8C8961 #807F6D #777777

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#AFA73F #A09839 #918A34 #827C2E #736D29 #645F24 #55511E #464219

Hex #AFA73F in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #AFA73F
Java new Color(175,167,63);
Python Color(#AFA73F)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 175,167,63);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.69, green: 0.65, blue: 0.25, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(175, 167, 63)