#AFA951#AFA951

#AFA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA951
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -9.76, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 46.58, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0292 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.111 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3533, 38.0850, 13.3772)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA951 #5157AF

analogous

#AF7A51 #AFA951 #86AF51

triadic

#AFA951 #51AFA9 #A951AF

tetradic

#AFA951 #51AF7A #5157AF #AF5186

square

#AFA951 #51AF7A #5157AF #AF5186

split-complementary

#AFA951 #5186AF #7A51AF

monochromatic

#5C582A #85813D #AFA951 #C2BE7B #D6D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AFA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA951

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA951	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c284',
    500: '#afa951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa951;
$custom-light: #c9c284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72148,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA951

secondary

#999CC3

accent

#62CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA951

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

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