#AFA042#AFA042

#AFA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA042
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -6.15, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 50.03, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0206 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2346, 34.6502, 10.1961)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA042 #4251AF

analogous

#AF6A42 #AFA042 #88AF42

triadic

#AFA042 #42AFA0 #A042AF

tetradic

#AFA042 #42AF6A #4251AF #AF4288

square

#AFA042 #42AF6A #4251AF #AF4288

split-complementary

#AFA042 #4288AF #6A42AF

monochromatic

#564F20 #837731 #AFA042 #C6B968 #D7CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AFA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AFA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA042

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA042	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb7a',
    500: '#afa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa042;
$custom-light: #cabb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA042

secondary

#8A92C2

accent

#65D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA042

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

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