#AFA87B#AFA87B

#AFA87B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.062 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA87B
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 29.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -4.64, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 24.65, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0111 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.062 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2572, 38.5500, 24.3187)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA87B #7B82AF

analogous

#AF8E7B #AFA87B #9CAF7B

triadic

#AFA87B #7BAFA8 #A87BAF

tetradic

#AFA87B #7BAF8E #7B82AF #AF7B9C

square

#AFA87B #7BAF8E #7B82AF #AF7B9C

split-complementary

#AFA87B #7B9CAF #8E7BAF

monochromatic

#6D6842 #938C59 #AFA87B #C6C1A1 #DDDAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFA87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AFA87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA87B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA87B	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.062 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1a1',
    500: '#afa87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa87b;
$custom-light: #c7c1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72617,
    "c": 0.06178,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA87B

secondary

#B9BBCD

accent

#73C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120F

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA87B

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

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