#AFA572#AFA572

#AFA572 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.070 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA572
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 34.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -4.19, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 28.10, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0102 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.07 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1721, 37.2400, 21.3043)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA572 #727CAF

analogous

#AF8772 #AFA572 #9BAF72

triadic

#AFA572 #72AFA5 #A572AF

tetradic

#AFA572 #72AF87 #727CAF #AF729B

square

#AFA572 #72AF87 #727CAF #AF729B

split-complementary

#AFA572 #729BAF #8772AF

monochromatic

#6A633C #918752 #AFA572 #C5BE99 #DBD7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA572

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA572	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.070 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bf9b',
    500: '#afa572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa572;
$custom-light: #c8bf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 27.602,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA572

secondary

#B2B6CB

accent

#74C464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA572

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

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