#AFA851#AFA851

#AFA851 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA851
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -9.23, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 46.16, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0277 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.11 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1680, 37.7144, 13.3154)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA851 #5158AF

analogous

#AF7951 #AFA851 #87AF51

triadic

#AFA851 #51AFA8 #A851AF

tetradic

#AFA851 #51AF79 #5158AF #AF5187

square

#AFA851 #51AF79 #5158AF #AF5187

split-complementary

#AFA851 #5187AF #7951AF

monochromatic

#5C582A #85803D #AFA851 #C2BD7B #D6D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AFA851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA851

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA851	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)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c184',
    500: '#afa851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa851;
$custom-light: #c9c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.532,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA851

secondary

#999CC3

accent

#63CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA851

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

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