#AFA659#AFA659

#AFA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA659
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -7.46, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 41.41, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0217 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.099 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1195, 37.1087, 14.8673)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA659 #5962AF

analogous

#AF7B59 #AFA659 #8DAF59

triadic

#AFA659 #59AFA6 #A659AF

tetradic

#AFA659 #59AF7B #5962AF #AF598D

square

#AFA659 #59AF7B #5962AF #AF598D

split-complementary

#AFA659 #598DAF #7B59AF

monochromatic

#605A2E #898142 #AFA659 #C3BC82 #D7D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AFA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA659

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA659	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c08a',
    500: '#afa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa659;
$custom-light: #c9c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA659

secondary

#9FA3C5

accent

#68CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA659

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

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