#AFA979#AFA979

#AFA979 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.065 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA979
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 30.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -5.44, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 26.18, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0134 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.065 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3186, 38.8711, 23.7278)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA979 #797FAF

analogous

#AF8E79 #AFA979 #9AAF79

triadic

#AFA979 #79AFA9 #A979AF

tetradic

#AFA979 #79AF8E #797FAF #AF799A

square

#AFA979 #79AF8E #797FAF #AF799A

split-complementary

#AFA979 #799AAF #8E79AF

monochromatic

#6D6841 #938C58 #AFA979 #C6C29F #DDDAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AFA979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA979

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA979	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)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.065 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a0',
    500: '#afa979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa979;
$custom-light: #c7c2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.06543,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA979

secondary

#B7BACD

accent

#70C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA979

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

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