#AFAA50#AFAA50

#AFAA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA50
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 54.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -10.36, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 47.48, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.031 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.113 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.5028, 38.4436, 13.2434)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA50 #5055AF

analogous

#AF7A50 #AFAA50 #85AF50

triadic

#AFAA50 #50AFAA #AA50AF

tetradic

#AFAA50 #50AF7A #5055AF #AF5085

square

#AFAA50 #50AF7A #5055AF #AF5085

split-complementary

#AFAA50 #5085AF #7A50AF

monochromatic

#5B582A #85813D #AFAA50 #C2BE7A #D5D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AFAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA50

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA50	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c384',
    500: '#afaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa50;
$custom-light: #c9c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA50

secondary

#989AC3

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA50

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

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