#AFA559#AFA559

#AFA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA559
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, -6.93, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 40.99, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0202 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.098 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9384, 36.7466, 14.8070)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA559 #5963AF

analogous

#AF7A59 #AFA559 #8EAF59

triadic

#AFA559 #59AFA5 #A559AF

tetradic

#AFA559 #59AF7A #5963AF #AF598E

square

#AFA559 #59AF7A #5963AF #AF598E

split-complementary

#AFA559 #598EAF #7A59AF

monochromatic

#605A2E #898142 #AFA559 #C3BB82 #D7D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#AFA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#AFA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA559

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA559	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bf89',
    500: '#afa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa559;
$custom-light: #c9bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71387,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA559

secondary

#9FA3C5

accent

#6ACB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA559

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

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