#AFAA56#AFAA56

#AFAA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.107 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA56
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -9.84, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 44.59, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0289 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.107 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7345, 38.5363, 14.4635)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA56 #565BAF

analogous

#AF7D56 #AFAA56 #87AF56

triadic

#AFAA56 #56AFAA #AA56AF

tetradic

#AFAA56 #56AF7D #565BAF #AF5687

square

#AFAA56 #56AF7D #565BAF #AF5687

split-complementary

#AFAA56 #5687AF #7D56AF

monochromatic

#5E5B2D #888440 #AFAA56 #C3BF80 #D6D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AFAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA56

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA56	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.107 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c388',
    500: '#afaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa56;
$custom-light: #c9c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72429,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA56

secondary

#9D9FC4

accent

#62CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA56

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

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