#AFA85D#AFA85D

#AFA85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.097 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA85D
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 46.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -8.13, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 40.26, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0233 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.097 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6584, 37.9105, 15.8982)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA85D #5D64AF

analogous

#AF7F5D #AFA85D #8DAF5D

triadic

#AFA85D #5DAFA8 #A85DAF

tetradic

#AFA85D #5DAF7F #5D64AF #AF5D8D

square

#AFA85D #5DAF7F #5D64AF #AF5D8D

split-complementary

#AFA85D #5D8DAF #7F5DAF

monochromatic

#615D30 #8A8444 #AFA85D #C3BE86 #D7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#AFA85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA85D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA85D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.097 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c18c',
    500: '#afa85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa85d;
$custom-light: #c8c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA85D

secondary

#A2A5C6

accent

#67CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA85D

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

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