#AFA059#AFA059

#AFA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.093 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA059
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -4.26, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 38.99, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0125 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.093 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0541, 34.9780, 14.5122)
Luminance	0.3498 (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

#AFA059 #5968AF

analogous

#AF7559 #AFA059 #93AF59

triadic

#AFA059 #59AFA0 #A059AF

tetradic

#AFA059 #59AF75 #5968AF #AF5993

square

#AFA059 #59AF75 #5968AF #AF5993

split-complementary

#AFA059 #5993AF #7559AF

monochromatic

#60572E #897C42 #AFA059 #C3B882 #D7CFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AFA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#AFA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA059

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA059	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.093 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb89',
    500: '#afa059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa059;
$custom-light: #c9bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70313,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA059

secondary

#9FA6C5

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA059

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

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