#AFA87E#AFA87E

#AFA87E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.058 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA87E
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 28%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -4.23, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 23.05, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0098 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.058 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4479, 38.6263, 25.3229)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA87E #7E85AF

analogous

#AF907E #AFA87E #9EAF7E

triadic

#AFA87E #7EAFA8 #A87EAF

tetradic

#AFA87E #7EAF90 #7E85AF #AF7E9E

square

#AFA87E #7EAF90 #7E85AF #AF7E9E

split-complementary

#AFA87E #7E9EAF #907EAF

monochromatic

#6E6844 #948C5C #AFA87E #C6C1A4 #DEDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFA87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AFA87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA87E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA87E	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A57B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.058 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1a3',
    500: '#afa87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa87e;
$custom-light: #c7c1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 23.445,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7268,
    "c": 0.05795,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA87E

secondary

#BBBECE

accent

#74C068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA87E

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

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