#AFA172#AFA172

#AFA172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.066 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA172
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 34.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -2.04, 26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 26.44, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.004 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.066 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4618, 35.8196, 21.0675)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA172 #7280AF

analogous

#AF8372 #AFA172 #9FAF72

triadic

#AFA172 #72AFA1 #A172AF

tetradic

#AFA172 #72AF83 #7280AF #AF729F

square

#AFA172 #72AF83 #7280AF #AF729F

split-complementary

#AFA172 #729FAF #8372AF

monochromatic

#6A603C #918352 #AFA172 #C5BB99 #DBD5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AFA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA172

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA172	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.066 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc9b',
    500: '#afa172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa172;
$custom-light: #c8bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70951,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA172

secondary

#B2B8CB

accent

#7AC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA172

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

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