#AFA251#AFA251

#AFA251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA251
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -6.05, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 43.73, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0186 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.104 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0858, 35.5499, 12.9547)
Luminance	0.3555 (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

#AFA251 #515EAF

analogous

#AF7351 #AFA251 #8DAF51

triadic

#AFA251 #51AFA2 #A251AF

tetradic

#AFA251 #51AF73 #515EAF #AF518D

square

#AFA251 #51AF73 #515EAF #AF518D

split-complementary

#AFA251 #518DAF #7351AF

monochromatic

#5C552A #857B3D #AFA251 #C2B87B #D6CFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AFA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#AFA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA251

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA251	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd84',
    500: '#afa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa251;
$custom-light: #c9bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA251

secondary

#999FC3

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA251

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

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