#AFA949#AFA949

#AFA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA949
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -10.40, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 50.32, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0319 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.118 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0708, 37.9720, 11.8893)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA949 #494FAF

analogous

#AF7649 #AFA949 #82AF49

triadic

#AFA949 #49AFA9 #A949AF

tetradic

#AFA949 #49AF76 #494FAF #AF4982

square

#AFA949 #49AF76 #494FAF #AF4982

split-complementary

#AFA949 #4982AF #7649AF

monochromatic

#595625 #847F37 #AFA949 #C4BF71 #D6D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AFA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA949

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA949	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)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c27f',
    500: '#afa949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa949;
$custom-light: #c9c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA949

secondary

#9194C2

accent

#5ED157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA949

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

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