#AFAA4E#AFAA4E

#AFAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA4E
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 55.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -10.53, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 48.42, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0317 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.115 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4300, 38.4145, 12.8600)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA4E #4E53AF

analogous

#AF7A4E #AFAA4E #84AF4E

triadic

#AFAA4E #4EAFAA #AA4EAF

tetradic

#AFAA4E #4EAF7A #4E53AF #AF4E84

square

#AFAA4E #4EAF7A #4E53AF #AF4E84

split-complementary

#AFAA4E #4E84AF #7A4EAF

monochromatic

#5A5828 #85813B #AFAA4E #C3BF78 #D6D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AFAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA4E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA4E	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c383',
    500: '#afaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa4e;
$custom-light: #c9c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA4E

secondary

#9699C3

accent

#60CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA4E

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

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