#AFA278#AFA278

#AFA278 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.059 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA278
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 31.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -1.81, 23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 23.67, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.003 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.059 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9901, 36.3116, 22.9840)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA278 #7885AF

analogous

#AF8678 #AFA278 #A0AF78

triadic

#AFA278 #78AFA2 #A278AF

tetradic

#AFA278 #78AF86 #7885AF #AF78A0

square

#AFA278 #78AF86 #7885AF #AF78A0

split-complementary

#AFA278 #78A0AF #8678AF

monochromatic

#6C6240 #938557 #AFA278 #C6BC9E #DDD7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AFA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA278

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA278	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.059 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd9f',
    500: '#afa278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa278;
$custom-light: #c7bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71283,
    "c": 0.05933,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA278

secondary

#B6BCCC

accent

#7CC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA278

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

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