#AFA987#AFA987

#AFA987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.047 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA987
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 22.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -3.49, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 18.69, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0075 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.047 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2403, 39.2398, 28.5819)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA987 #878DAF

analogous

#AF9587 #AFA987 #A1AF87

triadic

#AFA987 #87AFA9 #A987AF

tetradic

#AFA987 #87AF95 #878DAF #AF87A1

square

#AFA987 #87AF95 #878DAF #AF87A1

split-complementary

#AFA987 #87A1AF #9587AF

monochromatic

#716B4B #958E64 #AFA987 #C7C3AC #E0DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AFA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA987

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA987	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.047 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2aa',
    500: '#afa987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa987;
$custom-light: #c7c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.04741,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA987

secondary

#C1C4D0

accent

#549E47

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA987

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

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