#AFA157#AFA157

#AFA157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA157
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -4.98, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 40.38, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0148 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.097 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1453, 35.2930, 14.1339)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA157 #5765AF

analogous

#AF7557 #AFA157 #91AF57

triadic

#AFA157 #57AFA1 #A157AF

tetradic

#AFA157 #57AF75 #5765AF #AF5791

square

#AFA157 #57AF75 #5765AF #AF5791

split-complementary

#AFA157 #5791AF #7557AF

monochromatic

#5F572D #887D41 #AFA157 #C3B880 #D6CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AFA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA157

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA157	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc88',
    500: '#afa157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa157;
$custom-light: #c9bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70499,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA157

secondary

#9EA4C4

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA157

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

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