#AFA997#AFA997

#AFA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.026 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA997
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 14%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 13.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -0.99, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 10.11, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0008 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.026 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4526, 39.7247, 34.9668)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA997 #979DAF

analogous

#AF9D97 #AFA997 #A9AF97

triadic

#AFA997 #97AFA9 #A997AF

tetradic

#AFA997 #97AF9D #979DAF #AF97A9

square

#AFA997 #97AF9D #979DAF #AF97A9

split-complementary

#AFA997 #97A9AF #9D97AF

monochromatic

#736C59 #948C74 #AFA997 #CAC6BA #E4E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA997

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA997	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)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.026 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2b5',
    500: '#afa997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa997;
$custom-light: #c7c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.02616,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA997

secondary

#CDCFD5

accent

#61974E

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA997

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

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