#AFAA52#AFAA52

#AFAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.111 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA52
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 53.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -10.20, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 46.52, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0303 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.111 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5778, 38.4736, 13.6384)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA52 #5257AF

analogous

#AF7B52 #AFAA52 #85AF52

triadic

#AFAA52 #52AFAA #AA52AF

tetradic

#AFAA52 #52AF7B #5257AF #AF5285

square

#AFAA52 #52AF7B #5257AF #AF5285

split-complementary

#AFAA52 #5285AF #7B52AF

monochromatic

#5C592B #86823E #AFAA52 #C2BF7C #D6D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AFAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA52

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA52	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)

#B7A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.111 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c385',
    500: '#afaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa52;
$custom-light: #c9c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.774,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA52

secondary

#9A9CC3

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA52

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

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