#AFA97C#AFA97C

#AFA97C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA97C
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 29.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -5.04, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 24.58, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0122 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.062 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5055, 38.9459, 24.7118)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA97C #7C82AF

analogous

#AF8F7C #AFA97C #9BAF7C

triadic

#AFA97C #7CAFA9 #A97CAF

tetradic

#AFA97C #7CAF8F #7C82AF #AF7C9B

square

#AFA97C #7CAF8F #7C82AF #AF7C9B

split-complementary

#AFA97C #7C9BAF #8F7CAF

monochromatic

#6E6943 #948D5A #AFA97C #C6C2A2 #DDDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AFA97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA97C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA97C	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a2',
    500: '#afa97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa97c;
$custom-light: #c7c2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 24.171,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA97C

secondary

#B9BCCD

accent

#72C167

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA97C

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

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