#AFA78E#AFA78E

#AFA78E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.036 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA78E
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 142)
HSL	hsl(45, 17%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 19%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 18.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -1.35, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 14.05, 95.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0015 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.036 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3802, 38.7050, 31.1403)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA78E #8E96AF

analogous

#AF978E #AFA78E #A6AF8E

triadic

#AFA78E #8EAFA7 #A78EAF

tetradic

#AFA78E #8EAF97 #8E96AF #AF8EA6

square

#AFA78E #8EAF97 #8E96AF #AF8EA6

split-complementary

#AFA78E #8EA6AF #978EAF

monochromatic

#726A51 #968B6A #AFA78E #C8C3B2 #E2DFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AFA78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AFA78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA78E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA78E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.036 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1af',
    500: '#afa78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa78e;
$custom-light: #c7c1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 17.098,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72832,
    "c": 0.03605,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA78E

secondary

#C6C9D2

accent

#5E9B4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA78E

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

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