#AFA859#AFA859

#AFA859 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.102 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA859
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -8.52, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 42.26, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0248 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.102 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4859, 37.8415, 14.9895)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA859 #5960AF

analogous

#AF7D59 #AFA859 #8BAF59

triadic

#AFA859 #59AFA8 #A859AF

tetradic

#AFA859 #59AF7D #5960AF #AF598B

square

#AFA859 #59AF7D #5960AF #AF598B

split-complementary

#AFA859 #598BAF #7D59AF

monochromatic

#605C2E #898342 #AFA859 #C3BE82 #D7D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AFA859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA859

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA859	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.102 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c18a',
    500: '#afa859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa859;
$custom-light: #c9c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72035,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA859

secondary

#9FA2C5

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA859

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

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