#AFA981#AFA981

#AFA981 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.055 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA981
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 22%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 26%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 26.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -4.35, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 21.91, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.01 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.055 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8297, 39.0756, 26.4195)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA981 #8187AF

analogous

#AF9281 #AFA981 #9EAF81

triadic

#AFA981 #81AFA9 #A981AF

tetradic

#AFA981 #81AF92 #8187AF #AF819E

square

#AFA981 #81AF92 #8187AF #AF819E

split-complementary

#AFA981 #819EAF #9281AF

monochromatic

#6F6A47 #958D5E #AFA981 #C7C3A6 #DFDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFA981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AFA981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA981

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA981	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.055 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a5',
    500: '#afa981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa981;
$custom-light: #c7c2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 22.33,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.05523,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA981

secondary

#BDBFCF

accent

#74BF69

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13120F

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA981

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

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