#AFA97E#AFA97E

#AFA97E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA97E
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -4.77, 23.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 23.51, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0113 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.059 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.6332, 38.9970, 25.3847)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA97E #7E84AF

analogous

#AF917E #AFA97E #9DAF7E

triadic

#AFA97E #7EAFA9 #A97EAF

tetradic

#AFA97E #7EAF91 #7E84AF #AF7E9D

square

#AFA97E #7EAF91 #7E84AF #AF7E9D

split-complementary

#AFA97E #7E9DAF #917EAF

monochromatic

#6E6944 #948D5C #AFA97E #C6C2A4 #DEDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFA97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AFA97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA97E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA97E	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a3',
    500: '#afa97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa97e;
$custom-light: #c7c2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 23.445,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.05908,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA97E

secondary

#BBBDCE

accent

#73C068

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA97E

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

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