#AFAA5E#AFAA5E

#AFAA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.098 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA5E
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -9.08, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 40.64, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0259 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.098 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0751, 38.6725, 16.2571)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA5E #5E63AF

analogous

#AF815E #AFAA5E #8CAF5E

triadic

#AFAA5E #5EAFAA #AA5EAF

tetradic

#AFAA5E #5EAF81 #5E63AF #AF5E8C

square

#AFAA5E #5EAF81 #5E63AF #AF5E8C

split-complementary

#AFAA5E #5E8CAF #815EAF

monochromatic

#625F31 #8B8745 #AFAA5E #C3C087 #D8D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AFAA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AFAA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA5E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA5E	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.098 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c38d',
    500: '#afaa5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa5e;
$custom-light: #c8c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 33.61,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7254,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA5E

secondary

#A3A5C6

accent

#65CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA5E

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

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