#AFA853#AFA853

#AFA853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA853
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -9.06, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 45.20, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.027 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.108 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2441, 37.7448, 13.7162)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA853 #535AAF

analogous

#AF7A53 #AFA853 #88AF53

triadic

#AFA853 #53AFA8 #A853AF

tetradic

#AFA853 #53AF7A #535AAF #AF5388

square

#AFA853 #53AF7A #535AAF #AF5388

split-complementary

#AFA853 #5388AF #7A53AF

monochromatic

#5D592B #86813E #AFA853 #C2BD7D #D6D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AFA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA853

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA853	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c186',
    500: '#afa853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa853;
$custom-light: #c9c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.10765,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA853

secondary

#9A9EC3

accent

#64CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA853

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

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