#AFA261#AFA261

#AFA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.087 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA261
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 44.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -4.53, 35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 35.71, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0125 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.087 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7580, 35.8188, 16.4951)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA261 #616EAF

analogous

#AF7B61 #AFA261 #95AF61

triadic

#AFA261 #61AFA2 #A261AF

tetradic

#AFA261 #61AF7B #616EAF #AF6195

square

#AFA261 #61AF7B #616EAF #AF6195

split-complementary

#AFA261 #6195AF #7B61AF

monochromatic

#635B32 #8C8047 #AFA261 #C4BA8A #D8D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AFA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA261

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA261	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.087 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd8f',
    500: '#afa261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa261;
$custom-light: #c8bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.08664,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA261

secondary

#A5ABC7

accent

#71C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA261

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

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