#AFAA55#AFAA55

#AFAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.108 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA55
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -9.93, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 45.08, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0293 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.108 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6945, 38.5203, 14.2528)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA55 #555AAF

analogous

#AF7D55 #AFAA55 #87AF55

triadic

#AFAA55 #55AFAA #AA55AF

tetradic

#AFAA55 #55AF7D #555AAF #AF5587

square

#AFAA55 #55AF7D #555AAF #AF5587

split-complementary

#AFAA55 #5587AF #7D55AF

monochromatic

#5E5B2C #878340 #AFAA55 #C3BF7F #D6D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AFAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA55

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA55	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)

#B6A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.108 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c387',
    500: '#afaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa55;
$custom-light: #c9c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72416,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA55

secondary

#9C9EC4

accent

#62CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA55

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

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