#AFA855#AFA855

#AFA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.106 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA855
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -8.88, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 44.23, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0262 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.106 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3224, 37.7761, 14.1288)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA855 #555CAF

analogous

#AF7B55 #AFA855 #89AF55

triadic

#AFA855 #55AFA8 #A855AF

tetradic

#AFA855 #55AF7B #555CAF #AF5589

square

#AFA855 #55AF7B #555CAF #AF5589

split-complementary

#AFA855 #5589AF #7B55AF

monochromatic

#5E5A2C #878240 #AFA855 #C3BD7F #D6D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AFA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA855

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA855	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B4A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.106 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c187',
    500: '#afa855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa855;
$custom-light: #c9c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA855

secondary

#9C9FC4

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA855

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

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