#AFA97B#AFA97B

#AFA97B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.063 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA97B
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 29.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -5.17, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 25.11, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0126 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.063 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4425, 38.9207, 24.3804)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA97B #7B81AF

analogous

#AF8F7B #AFA97B #9BAF7B

triadic

#AFA97B #7BAFA9 #A97BAF

tetradic

#AFA97B #7BAF8F #7B81AF #AF7B9B

square

#AFA97B #7BAF8F #7B81AF #AF7B9B

split-complementary

#AFA97B #7B9BAF #8F7BAF

monochromatic

#6D6842 #938D59 #AFA97B #C6C2A1 #DDDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AFA97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA97B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA97B	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.063 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a1',
    500: '#afa97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa97b;
$custom-light: #c7c2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 24.528,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA97B

secondary

#B9BBCD

accent

#71C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120F

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA97B

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

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