#AFAA53#AFAA53

#AFAA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA53
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -10.11, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 46.05, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.03 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.11 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6162, 38.4889, 13.8403)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA53 #5358AF

analogous

#AF7C53 #AFAA53 #86AF53

triadic

#AFAA53 #53AFAA #AA53AF

tetradic

#AFAA53 #53AF7C #5358AF #AF5386

square

#AFAA53 #53AF7C #5358AF #AF5386

split-complementary

#AFAA53 #5386AF #7C53AF

monochromatic

#5D5A2B #86823E #AFAA53 #C2BF7D #D6D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFAA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AFAA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA53

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA53	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c386',
    500: '#afaa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa53;
$custom-light: #c9c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.739,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72391,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA53

secondary

#9A9DC3

accent

#61CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA53

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

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