#AFA257#AFA257

#AFA257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA257
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -5.52, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 40.77, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0164 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3208, 35.6439, 14.1924)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA257 #5764AF

analogous

#AF7657 #AFA257 #90AF57

triadic

#AFA257 #57AFA2 #A257AF

tetradic

#AFA257 #57AF76 #5764AF #AF5790

square

#AFA257 #57AF76 #5764AF #AF5790

split-complementary

#AFA257 #5790AF #7657AF

monochromatic

#5F572D #887E41 #AFA257 #C3B980 #D6D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AFA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AFA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA257

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA257	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)

#AF9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd88',
    500: '#afa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa257;
$custom-light: #c9bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA257

secondary

#9EA3C4

accent

#6DCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA257

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

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