#AFA259#AFA259

#AFA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.095 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA259
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -5.33, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 39.77, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0156 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.095 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4036, 35.6770, 14.6287)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA259 #5966AF

analogous

#AF7759 #AFA259 #91AF59

triadic

#AFA259 #59AFA2 #A259AF

tetradic

#AFA259 #59AF77 #5966AF #AF5991

square

#AFA259 #59AF77 #5966AF #AF5991

split-complementary

#AFA259 #5991AF #7759AF

monochromatic

#60582E #897E42 #AFA259 #C3B982 #D7D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AFA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AFA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA259

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA259	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.095 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd89',
    500: '#afa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa259;
$custom-light: #c9bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.09537,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA259

secondary

#9FA5C5

accent

#6DCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA259

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

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