#AFAA59#AFAA59

#AFAA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA59
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -9.57, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 43.12, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0278 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.104 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8579, 38.5856, 15.1135)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA59 #595EAF

analogous

#AF7F59 #AFAA59 #89AF59

triadic

#AFAA59 #59AFAA #AA59AF

tetradic

#AFAA59 #59AF7F #595EAF #AF5989

square

#AFAA59 #59AF7F #595EAF #AF5989

split-complementary

#AFAA59 #5989AF #7F59AF

monochromatic

#605D2E #898542 #AFAA59 #C3BF82 #D7D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AFAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AFAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA59

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA59	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c38a',
    500: '#afaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa59;
$custom-light: #c9c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.512,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA59

secondary

#9FA1C5

accent

#63CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA59

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

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