#AFAA4B#AFAA4B

#AFAA4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA4B
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -10.77, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 49.81, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0327 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.117 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3249, 38.3724, 12.3064)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA4B #4B50AF

analogous

#AF784B #AFAA4B #82AF4B

triadic

#AFAA4B #4BAFAA #AA4BAF

tetradic

#AFAA4B #4BAF78 #4B50AF #AF4B82

square

#AFAA4B #4BAF78 #4B50AF #AF4B82

split-complementary

#AFAA4B #4B82AF #784BAF

monochromatic

#595726 #848039 #AFAA4B #C3BF74 #D6D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AFAA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA4B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA4B	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)

#B7A441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c381',
    500: '#afaa4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa4b;
$custom-light: #c9c381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA4B

secondary

#9396C2

accent

#5ED058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA4B

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

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