#AFA85B#AFA85B

#AFA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA85B
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 48%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -8.32, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 41.26, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.024 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.099 104)
XYZ	xyz(33.5710, 37.8755, 15.4378)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA85B #5B62AF

analogous

#AF7E5B #AFA85B #8CAF5B

triadic

#AFA85B #5BAFA8 #A85BAF

tetradic

#AFA85B #5BAF7E #5B62AF #AF5B8C

square

#AFA85B #5BAF7E #5B62AF #AF5B8C

split-complementary

#AFA85B #5B8CAF #7E5BAF

monochromatic

#615C2F #8A8443 #AFA85B #C3BE84 #D7D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AFA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA85B

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA85B	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)

#B4A354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18b',
    500: '#afa85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa85b;
$custom-light: #c8c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.37875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA85B

secondary

#A1A4C5

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA85B

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

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