#AFA151#AFA151

#AFA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA151
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -5.52, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 43.35, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.017 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9103, 35.1990, 12.8962)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA151 #515FAF

analogous

#AF7251 #AFA151 #8EAF51

triadic

#AFA151 #51AFA1 #A151AF

tetradic

#AFA151 #51AF72 #515FAF #AF518E

square

#AFA151 #51AF72 #515FAF #AF518E

split-complementary

#AFA151 #518EAF #7251AF

monochromatic

#5C542A #857B3D #AFA151 #C2B87B #D6CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AFA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA151

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA151	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc84',
    500: '#afa151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa151;
$custom-light: #c9bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA151

secondary

#999FC3

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA151

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

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