#AFA759#AFA759

#AFA759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA759
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -7.99, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 41.83, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0233 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.1 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3020, 37.4737, 14.9282)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA759 #5961AF

analogous

#AF7C59 #AFA759 #8CAF59

triadic

#AFA759 #59AFA7 #A759AF

tetradic

#AFA759 #59AF7C #5961AF #AF598C

square

#AFA759 #59AF7C #5961AF #AF598C

split-complementary

#AFA759 #598CAF #7C59AF

monochromatic

#605B2E #898242 #AFA759 #C3BD82 #D7D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AFA759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA759

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA759	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c18a',
    500: '#afa759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa759;
$custom-light: #c9c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA759

secondary

#9FA3C5

accent

#67CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA759

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

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