#AFAA57#AFAA57

#AFAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.106 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA57
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -9.75, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 44.11, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0285 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.106 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7751, 38.5525, 14.6772)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA57 #575CAF

analogous

#AF7E57 #AFAA57 #88AF57

triadic

#AFAA57 #57AFAA #AA57AF

tetradic

#AFAA57 #57AF7E #575CAF #AF5788

square

#AFAA57 #57AF7E #575CAF #AF5788

split-complementary

#AFAA57 #5788AF #7E57AF

monochromatic

#5F5C2D #888441 #AFAA57 #C3BF80 #D6D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AFAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA57

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA57	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)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.106 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c388',
    500: '#afaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa57;
$custom-light: #c9c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.591,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA57

secondary

#9EA0C4

accent

#63CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA57

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

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