#AFA255#AFA255

#AFA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.100 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA255
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -5.70, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 41.77, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0171 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.1 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2402, 35.6117, 13.7680)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA255 #5562AF

analogous

#AF7555 #AFA255 #8FAF55

triadic

#AFA255 #55AFA2 #A255AF

tetradic

#AFA255 #55AF75 #5562AF #AF558F

square

#AFA255 #55AF75 #5562AF #AF558F

split-complementary

#AFA255 #558FAF #7555AF

monochromatic

#5E562C #877D40 #AFA255 #C3B97F #D6D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AFA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AFA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA255

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA255	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)

#AF9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.100 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd87',
    500: '#afa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa255;
$custom-light: #c9bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70685,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA255

secondary

#9CA2C4

accent

#6CCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA255

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

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