#AFAA49#AFAA49

#AFAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA49
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -10.92, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 50.73, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0334 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.119 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2576, 38.3455, 11.9516)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA49 #494EAF

analogous

#AF7749 #AFAA49 #81AF49

triadic

#AFAA49 #49AFAA #AA49AF

tetradic

#AFAA49 #49AF77 #494EAF #AF4981

square

#AFAA49 #49AF77 #494EAF #AF4981

split-complementary

#AFAA49 #4981AF #7749AF

monochromatic

#595625 #848037 #AFAA49 #C4C071 #D6D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AFAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA49

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA49	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37f',
    500: '#afaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa49;
$custom-light: #c9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72273,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA49

secondary

#9194C2

accent

#5DD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA49

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

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