#AFA55D#AFA55D

#AFA55D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA55D
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -6.54, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 38.98, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0187 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.094 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1109, 36.8156, 15.7158)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA55D #5D67AF

analogous

#AF7C5D #AFA55D #90AF5D

triadic

#AFA55D #5DAFA5 #A55DAF

tetradic

#AFA55D #5DAF7C #5D67AF #AF5D90

square

#AFA55D #5DAF7C #5D67AF #AF5D90

split-complementary

#AFA55D #5D90AF #7C5DAF

monochromatic

#615B30 #8A8244 #AFA55D #C3BC86 #D7D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AFA55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AFA55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA55D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA55D	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf8c',
    500: '#afa55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa55d;
$custom-light: #c8bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA55D

secondary

#A2A6C6

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA55D

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

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