#AFA557#AFA557

#AFA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA557
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -7.12, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 41.99, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.021 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.1 102)
XYZ	xyz(32.8556, 36.7134, 14.3707)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA557 #5761AF

analogous

#AF7957 #AFA557 #8DAF57

triadic

#AFA557 #57AFA5 #A557AF

tetradic

#AFA557 #57AF79 #5761AF #AF578D

square

#AFA557 #57AF79 #5761AF #AF578D

split-complementary

#AFA557 #578DAF #7957AF

monochromatic

#5F592D #888041 #AFA557 #C3BB80 #D6D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AFA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#AFA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA557

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA557	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf88',
    500: '#afa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa557;
$custom-light: #c9bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.36712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA557

secondary

#9EA2C4

accent

#69CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA557

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

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