#AFA96D#AFA96D

#AFA96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.080 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA96D
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 37.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -6.93, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 32.50, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0184 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.08 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6280, 38.5949, 20.0905)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA96D #6D73AF

analogous

#AF886D #AFA96D #94AF6D

triadic

#AFA96D #6DAFA9 #A96DAF

tetradic

#AFA96D #6DAF88 #6D73AF #AF6D94

square

#AFA96D #6DAF88 #6D73AF #AF6D94

split-complementary

#AFA96D #6D94AF #886DAF

monochromatic

#686439 #908A4F #AFA96D #C5C095 #DAD8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFA96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AFA96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA96D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA96D	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A569

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.080 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c297',
    500: '#afa96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa96d;
$custom-light: #c8c297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 29.204,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.08016,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA96D

secondary

#AEB1CA

accent

#6BC562

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA96D

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

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