#AFA459#AFA459

#AFA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA459
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -6.40, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 40.58, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0187 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.097 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7587, 36.3872, 14.7471)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA459 #5964AF

analogous

#AF7959 #AFA459 #8FAF59

triadic

#AFA459 #59AFA4 #A459AF

tetradic

#AFA459 #59AF79 #5964AF #AF598F

square

#AFA459 #59AF79 #5964AF #AF598F

split-complementary

#AFA459 #598FAF #7959AF

monochromatic

#60592E #898042 #AFA459 #C3BB82 #D7D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AFA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA459

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA459	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9be89',
    500: '#afa459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa459;
$custom-light: #c9be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA459

secondary

#9FA4C5

accent

#6BCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA459

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

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