#AFA253#AFA253

#AFA253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.102 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA253
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -5.88, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 42.76, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0178 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.102 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1619, 35.5803, 13.3555)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA253 #5360AF

analogous

#AF7453 #AFA253 #8EAF53

triadic

#AFA253 #53AFA2 #A253AF

tetradic

#AFA253 #53AF74 #5360AF #AF538E

square

#AFA253 #53AF74 #5360AF #AF538E

split-complementary

#AFA253 #538EAF #7453AF

monochromatic

#5D562B #867C3E #AFA253 #C2B97D #D6CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AFA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AFA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA253

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA253	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.102 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd85',
    500: '#afa253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa253;
$custom-light: #c9bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA253

secondary

#9AA0C3

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA253

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

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