#AFA97D#AFA97D

#AFA97D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.060 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA97D
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -4.90, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 24.05, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0117 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.06 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5690, 38.9713, 25.0465)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA97D #7D83AF

analogous

#AF907D #AFA97D #9CAF7D

triadic

#AFA97D #7DAFA9 #A97DAF

tetradic

#AFA97D #7DAF90 #7D83AF #AF7D9C

square

#AFA97D #7DAF90 #7D83AF #AF7D9C

split-complementary

#AFA97D #7D9CAF #907DAF

monochromatic

#6E6944 #948D5B #AFA97D #C6C2A3 #DEDBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AFA97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA97D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA97D	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)

#B1A67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.060 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a3',
    500: '#afa97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa97d;
$custom-light: #c7c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA97D

secondary

#BABCCE

accent

#72C068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA97D

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

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