#AFA956#AFA956

#AFA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.106 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA956
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -9.32, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 44.16, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0274 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.106 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.5478, 38.1628, 14.4013)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA956 #565CAF

analogous

#AF7C56 #AFA956 #88AF56

triadic

#AFA956 #56AFA9 #A956AF

tetradic

#AFA956 #56AF7C #565CAF #AF5688

square

#AFA956 #56AF7C #565CAF #AF5688

split-complementary

#AFA956 #5688AF #7C56AF

monochromatic

#5E5B2D #888340 #AFA956 #C3BE80 #D6D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AFA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA956

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA956	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.106 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c288',
    500: '#afa956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa956;
$custom-light: #c9c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA956

secondary

#9D9FC4

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA956

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

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