#AFA551#AFA551

#AFA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA551
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -7.65, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 44.93, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0232 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.107 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6205, 36.6194, 13.1329)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA551 #515BAF

analogous

#AF7651 #AFA551 #8AAF51

triadic

#AFA551 #51AFA5 #A551AF

tetradic

#AFA551 #51AF76 #515BAF #AF518A

square

#AFA551 #51AF76 #515BAF #AF518A

split-complementary

#AFA551 #518AAF #7651AF

monochromatic

#5C562A #857E3D #AFA551 #C2BB7B #D6D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AFA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AFA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA551

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA551	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf84',
    500: '#afa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa551;
$custom-light: #c9bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA551

secondary

#999DC3

accent

#67CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA551

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

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