#AFA962#AFA962

#AFA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.093 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA962
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 44%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -8.15, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 38.17, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0228 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.093 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0725, 38.3727, 17.1647)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA962 #6268AF

analogous

#AF8262 #AFA962 #8EAF62

triadic

#AFA962 #62AFA9 #A962AF

tetradic

#AFA962 #62AF82 #6268AF #AF628E

square

#AFA962 #62AF82 #6268AF #AF628E

split-complementary

#AFA962 #628EAF #8262AF

monochromatic

#646033 #8C8747 #AFA962 #C4BF8B #D8D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AFA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA962

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA962	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.093 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c290',
    500: '#afa962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa962;
$custom-light: #c8c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 32.489,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA962

secondary

#A6A8C7

accent

#67C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA962

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

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