#AFA049#AFA049

#AFA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA049
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -5.64, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 46.81, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0183 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4538, 34.7379, 11.3503)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA049 #4958AF

analogous

#AF6D49 #AFA049 #8BAF49

triadic

#AFA049 #49AFA0 #A049AF

tetradic

#AFA049 #49AF6D #4958AF #AF498B

square

#AFA049 #49AF6D #4958AF #AF498B

split-complementary

#AFA049 #498BAF #6D49AF

monochromatic

#595125 #847937 #AFA049 #C4B871 #D6CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AFA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AFA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA049

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA049	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb7f',
    500: '#afa049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa049;
$custom-light: #c9bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70104,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA049

secondary

#9199C2

accent

#69D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA049

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

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