#AFA462#AFA462

#AFA462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.088 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA462
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -5.50, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 36.02, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0152 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.088 100)
XYZ	xyz(33.1600, 36.5478, 16.8606)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA462 #626DAF

analogous

#AF7D62 #AFA462 #93AF62

triadic

#AFA462 #62AFA4 #A462AF

tetradic

#AFA462 #62AF7D #626DAF #AF6293

square

#AFA462 #62AF7D #626DAF #AF6293

split-complementary

#AFA462 #6293AF #7D62AF

monochromatic

#645D33 #8C8247 #AFA462 #C4BB8B #D8D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AFA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA462

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA462	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.088 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8be90',
    500: '#afa462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa462;
$custom-light: #c8be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.36547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA462

secondary

#A6ABC7

accent

#6EC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA462

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

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