#AFA457#AFA457

#AFA457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA457
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -6.58, 41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 41.58, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0194 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.099 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6759, 36.3541, 14.3108)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA457 #5762AF

analogous

#AF7857 #AFA457 #8EAF57

triadic

#AFA457 #57AFA4 #A457AF

tetradic

#AFA457 #57AF78 #5762AF #AF578E

square

#AFA457 #57AF78 #5762AF #AF578E

split-complementary

#AFA457 #578EAF #7857AF

monochromatic

#5F582D #887F41 #AFA457 #C3BA80 #D6D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA457

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA457	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)

#B0A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be88',
    500: '#afa457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa457;
$custom-light: #c9be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA457

secondary

#9EA2C4

accent

#6ACC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA457

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

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