#AFA856#AFA856

#AFA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.105 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA856
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -8.79, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 43.74, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0259 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.105 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3624, 37.7921, 14.3395)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA856 #565DAF

analogous

#AF7B56 #AFA856 #89AF56

triadic

#AFA856 #56AFA8 #A856AF

tetradic

#AFA856 #56AF7B #565DAF #AF5689

square

#AFA856 #56AF7B #565DAF #AF5689

split-complementary

#AFA856 #5689AF #7B56AF

monochromatic

#5E5A2D #888240 #AFA856 #C3BD80 #D6D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AFA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA856

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA856	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.105 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c188',
    500: '#afa856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa856;
$custom-light: #c9c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.281,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA856

secondary

#9DA0C4

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA856

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

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