#AFA451#AFA451

#AFA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA451
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -7.12, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 44.52, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0216 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4409, 36.2601, 13.0730)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA451 #515CAF

analogous

#AF7551 #AFA451 #8BAF51

triadic

#AFA451 #51AFA4 #A451AF

tetradic

#AFA451 #51AF75 #515CAF #AF518B

square

#AFA451 #51AF75 #515CAF #AF518B

split-complementary

#AFA451 #518BAF #7551AF

monochromatic

#5C562A #857D3D #AFA451 #C2BA7B #D6D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AFA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA451

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA451	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be84',
    500: '#afa451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa451;
$custom-light: #c9be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA451

secondary

#999EC3

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA451

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

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