#AFA279#AFA279

#AFA279 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.058 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA279
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 30.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -1.68, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 23.14, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0026 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.058 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0511, 36.3360, 23.3053)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA279 #7986AF

analogous

#AF8779 #AFA279 #A1AF79

triadic

#AFA279 #79AFA2 #A279AF

tetradic

#AFA279 #79AF87 #7986AF #AF79A1

square

#AFA279 #79AF87 #7986AF #AF79A1

split-complementary

#AFA279 #79A1AF #8779AF

monochromatic

#6D6241 #938558 #AFA279 #C6BD9F #DDD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA279

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA279	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.058 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bda0',
    500: '#afa279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa279;
$custom-light: #c7bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71304,
    "c": 0.05809,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA279

secondary

#B7BCCD

accent

#7CC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA279

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

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