#AFA948#AFA948

#AFA948 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA948
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -10.47, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 50.77, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0322 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.119 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0379, 37.9588, 11.7161)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA948 #484EAF

analogous

#AF7548 #AFA948 #81AF48

triadic

#AFA948 #48AFA9 #A948AF

tetradic

#AFA948 #48AF75 #484EAF #AF4881

square

#AFA948 #48AF75 #484EAF #AF4881

split-complementary

#AFA948 #4881AF #7548AF

monochromatic

#585524 #847F36 #AFA948 #C4BF70 #D6D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFA948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AFA948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA948

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA948	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c27f',
    500: '#afa948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa948;
$custom-light: #c9c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72044,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA948

secondary

#9093C2

accent

#5DD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA948

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

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