#AFA84F#AFA84F

#AFA84F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.112 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA84F
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 54.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -9.40, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 47.11, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0284 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.112 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0941, 37.6848, 12.9262)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA84F #4F56AF

analogous

#AF784F #AFA84F #86AF4F

triadic

#AFA84F #4FAFA8 #A84FAF

tetradic

#AFA84F #4FAF78 #4F56AF #AF4F86

square

#AFA84F #4FAF78 #4F56AF #AF4F86

split-complementary

#AFA84F #4F86AF #784FAF

monochromatic

#5B5729 #85803C #AFA84F #C2BD79 #D5D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AFA84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA84F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA84F	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.112 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c183',
    500: '#afa84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa84f;
$custom-light: #c9c183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA84F

secondary

#979AC3

accent

#62CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA84F

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

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