#AFA55E#AFA55E

#AFA55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.093 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA55E
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 46.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -6.44, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 38.48, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0183 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.093 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1555, 36.8334, 15.9506)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA55E #5E68AF

analogous

#AF7D5E #AFA55E #90AF5E

triadic

#AFA55E #5EAFA5 #A55EAF

tetradic

#AFA55E #5EAF7D #5E68AF #AF5E90

square

#AFA55E #5EAF7D #5E68AF #AF5E90

split-complementary

#AFA55E #5E90AF #7D5EAF

monochromatic

#625C31 #8B8245 #AFA55E #C3BC87 #D8D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AFA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AFA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA55E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA55E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.093 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf8d',
    500: '#afa55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa55e;
$custom-light: #c8bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 33.61,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA55E

secondary

#A3A7C6

accent

#6BCA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA55E

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

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