#AFA256#AFA256

#AFA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.099 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA256
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -5.61, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 41.27, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0167 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.099 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2802, 35.6277, 13.9787)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA256 #5663AF

analogous

#AF7556 #AFA256 #8FAF56

triadic

#AFA256 #56AFA2 #A256AF

tetradic

#AFA256 #56AF75 #5663AF #AF568F

square

#AFA256 #56AF75 #5663AF #AF568F

split-complementary

#AFA256 #568FAF #7556AF

monochromatic

#5E572D #887D40 #AFA256 #C3B980 #D6D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AFA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AFA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA256

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA256	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.099 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd87',
    500: '#afa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa256;
$custom-light: #c9bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70699,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA256

secondary

#9DA2C4

accent

#6CCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA256

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

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