#AFAA51#AFAA51

#AFAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.112 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA51
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -10.28, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 47.00, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0307 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.112 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5401, 38.4585, 13.4394)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA51 #5156AF

analogous

#AF7B51 #AFAA51 #85AF51

triadic

#AFAA51 #51AFAA #AA51AF

tetradic

#AFAA51 #51AF7B #5156AF #AF5185

square

#AFAA51 #51AF7B #5156AF #AF5185

split-complementary

#AFAA51 #5185AF #7B51AF

monochromatic

#5C592A #85823D #AFAA51 #C2BE7B #D6D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AFAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA51

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA51	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)

#B7A448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.112 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c384',
    500: '#afaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa51;
$custom-light: #c9c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA51

secondary

#999BC3

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA51

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

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