#AFA579#AFA579

#AFA579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.061 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA579
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 30.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -3.30, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 24.39, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0073 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.061 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5858, 37.4056, 23.4835)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA579 #7983AF

analogous

#AF8A79 #AFA579 #9EAF79

triadic

#AFA579 #79AFA5 #A579AF

tetradic

#AFA579 #79AF8A #7983AF #AF799E

square

#AFA579 #79AF8A #7983AF #AF799E

split-complementary

#AFA579 #799EAF #8A79AF

monochromatic

#6D6541 #938858 #AFA579 #C6BF9F #DDD8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AFA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA579

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA579	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.061 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bfa0',
    500: '#afa579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa579;
$custom-light: #c7bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.06104,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA579

secondary

#B7BBCD

accent

#77C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA579

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

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