#AFA989#AFA989

#AFA989 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.045 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA989
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 22%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 21.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -3.19, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 17.62, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0067 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.045 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3824, 39.2966, 29.3305)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA989 #898FAF

analogous

#AF9689 #AFA989 #A2AF89

triadic

#AFA989 #89AFA9 #A989AF

tetradic

#AFA989 #89AF96 #898FAF #AF89A2

square

#AFA989 #89AF96 #898FAF #AF89A2

split-complementary

#AFA989 #89A2AF #9689AF

monochromatic

#716B4D #958E65 #AFA989 #C8C4AD #E0DED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFA989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AFA989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA989

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA989	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.045 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2ab',
    500: '#afa989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa989;
$custom-light: #c7c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 19.192,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.04478,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA989

secondary

#C3C5D1

accent

#559E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA989

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

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