#AFA849#AFA849

#AFA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA849
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -9.87, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 49.91, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0304 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.117 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8855, 37.6013, 11.8275)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA849 #4950AF

analogous

#AF7549 #AFA849 #83AF49

triadic

#AFA849 #49AFA8 #A849AF

tetradic

#AFA849 #49AF75 #4950AF #AF4983

square

#AFA849 #49AF75 #4950AF #AF4983

split-complementary

#AFA849 #4983AF #7549AF

monochromatic

#595525 #847F37 #AFA849 #C4BE71 #D6D29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AFA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA849

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA849	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c17f',
    500: '#afa849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa849;
$custom-light: #c9c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.882,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA849

secondary

#9195C2

accent

#5FD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA849

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

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