#AFA978#AFA978

#AFA978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.067 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA978
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 31.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -5.57, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 26.71, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0138 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.067 102)
XYZ	xyz(35.2576, 38.8467, 23.4065)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA978 #787EAF

analogous

#AF8E78 #AFA978 #99AF78

triadic

#AFA978 #78AFA9 #A978AF

tetradic

#AFA978 #78AF8E #787EAF #AF7899

square

#AFA978 #78AF8E #787EAF #AF7899

split-complementary

#AFA978 #7899AF #8E78AF

monochromatic

#6C6840 #938C57 #AFA978 #C6C19E #DDDAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AFA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA978

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA978	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.067 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c29f',
    500: '#afa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa978;
$custom-light: #c7c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.38846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA978

secondary

#B6B9CC

accent

#70C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA978

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

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