#AFA44B#AFA44B

#AFA44B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA44B
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -7.61, 46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 47.39, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0237 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.111 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2257, 36.1741, 11.9400)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA44B #4B56AF

analogous

#AF724B #AFA44B #88AF4B

triadic

#AFA44B #4BAFA4 #A44BAF

tetradic

#AFA44B #4BAF72 #4B56AF #AF4B88

square

#AFA44B #4BAF72 #4B56AF #AF4B88

split-complementary

#AFA44B #4B88AF #724BAF

monochromatic

#595426 #847C39 #AFA44B #C3BB74 #D6D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AFA44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA44B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA44B	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be80',
    500: '#afa44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa44b;
$custom-light: #c9be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA44B

secondary

#9399C2

accent

#65D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA44B

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

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