#AFA159#AFA159

#AFA159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.094 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA159
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -4.80, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 39.38, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0141 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.094 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2282, 35.3261, 14.5702)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA159 #5967AF

analogous

#AF7659 #AFA159 #92AF59

triadic

#AFA159 #59AFA1 #A159AF

tetradic

#AFA159 #59AF76 #5967AF #AF5992

square

#AFA159 #59AF76 #5967AF #AF5992

split-complementary

#AFA159 #5992AF #7659AF

monochromatic

#60572E #897D42 #AFA159 #C3B882 #D7D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AFA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AFA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA159

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA159	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.094 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc89',
    500: '#afa159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa159;
$custom-light: #c9bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70527,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA159

secondary

#9FA5C5

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA159

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

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