#AFA85A#AFA85A

#AFA85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA85A
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -8.42, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 41.76, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0244 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.1 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5281, 37.8584, 15.2121)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA85A #5A61AF

analogous

#AF7E5A #AFA85A #8CAF5A

triadic

#AFA85A #5AAFA8 #A85AAF

tetradic

#AFA85A #5AAF7E #5A61AF #AF5A8C

square

#AFA85A #5AAF7E #5A61AF #AF5A8C

split-complementary

#AFA85A #5A8CAF #7E5AAF

monochromatic

#605C2F #898343 #AFA85A #C3BE83 #D7D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AFA85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA85A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA85A	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)

#B4A353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c18a',
    500: '#afa85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa85a;
$custom-light: #c9c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72049,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA85A

secondary

#A0A3C5

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA85A

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

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