#AFA996#AFA996

#AFA996 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.028 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA996
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 14%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 14.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -1.16, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 10.64, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0012 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.028 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3717, 39.6924, 34.5409)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA996 #969CAF

analogous

#AF9C96 #AFA996 #A8AF96

triadic

#AFA996 #96AFA9 #A996AF

tetradic

#AFA996 #96AF9C #969CAF #AF96A8

square

#AFA996 #96AF9C #969CAF #AF96A8

split-complementary

#AFA996 #96A8AF #9C96AF

monochromatic

#736C58 #958D73 #AFA996 #C9C5B9 #E4E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA996

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA996	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.028 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2b4',
    500: '#afa996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa996;
$custom-light: #c7c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73453,
    "c": 0.0275,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA996

secondary

#CCCED5

accent

#60984E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA996

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

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