#AFA957#AFA957

#AFA957 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.105 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA957
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -9.23, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 43.67, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.027 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.105 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.5883, 38.1790, 14.6149)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA957 #575DAF

analogous

#AF7D57 #AFA957 #89AF57

triadic

#AFA957 #57AFA9 #A957AF

tetradic

#AFA957 #57AF7D #575DAF #AF5789

square

#AFA957 #57AF7D #575DAF #AF5789

split-complementary

#AFA957 #5789AF #7D57AF

monochromatic

#5F5B2D #888341 #AFA957 #C3BE80 #D6D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AFA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA957

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA957	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.105 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c288',
    500: '#afa957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa957;
$custom-light: #c9c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.38178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA957

secondary

#9EA0C4

accent

#64CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA957

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

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