#AFA456#AFA456

#AFA456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA456
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -6.68, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 42.07, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0198 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.1 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6353, 36.3379, 14.0971)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA456 #5661AF

analogous

#AF7756 #AFA456 #8DAF56

triadic

#AFA456 #56AFA4 #A456AF

tetradic

#AFA456 #56AF77 #5661AF #AF568D

square

#AFA456 #56AF77 #5661AF #AF568D

split-complementary

#AFA456 #568DAF #7756AF

monochromatic

#5E582D #887F40 #AFA456 #C3BA80 #D6D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA456

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA456	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)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be87',
    500: '#afa456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa456;
$custom-light: #c9be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71129,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA456

secondary

#9DA2C4

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA456

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

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