#AFA986#AFA986

#AFA986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.049 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA986
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 23.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -3.63, 18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 19.23, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0079 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.049 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1702, 39.2118, 28.2129)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA986 #868CAF

analogous

#AF9486 #AFA986 #A0AF86

triadic

#AFA986 #86AFA9 #A986AF

tetradic

#AFA986 #86AF94 #868CAF #AF86A0

square

#AFA986 #86AF94 #868CAF #AF86A0

split-complementary

#AFA986 #86A0AF #9486AF

monochromatic

#706B4A #958E63 #AFA986 #C7C3AB #E0DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFA986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFA986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA986

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA986	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.049 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2a9',
    500: '#afa986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa986;
$custom-light: #c7c2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 20.398,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.04872,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA986

secondary

#C1C3D0

accent

#549F47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA986

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

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