#AF9956#AF9956

#AF9956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.091 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9956
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -0.76, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 37.96, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0027 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.091 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7512, 32.5697, 13.4691)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9956 #566CAF

analogous

#AF6C56 #AF9956 #98AF56

triadic

#AF9956 #56AF99 #9956AF

tetradic

#AF9956 #56AF6C #566CAF #AF5698

square

#AF9956 #56AF6C #566CAF #AF5698

split-complementary

#AF9956 #5698AF #6C56AF

monochromatic

#5E522D #887640 #AF9956 #C3B280 #D6CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AF9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AF9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9956

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9956	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.091 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b687',
    500: '#af9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9956;
$custom-light: #c9b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.169,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68783,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9956

secondary

#9DA6C4

accent

#78CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9956

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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