#AFAA61#AFAA61

#AFAA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.095 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA61
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 44.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -8.78, 38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 39.13, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0247 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.095 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2123, 38.7274, 16.9799)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA61 #6166AF

analogous

#AF8361 #AFAA61 #8DAF61

triadic

#AFAA61 #61AFAA #AA61AF

tetradic

#AFAA61 #61AF83 #6166AF #AF618D

square

#AFAA61 #61AF83 #6166AF #AF618D

split-complementary

#AFAA61 #618DAF #8361AF

monochromatic

#636032 #8C8847 #AFAA61 #C4C08A #D8D6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AFAA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AFAA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA61

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA61	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.095 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c38f',
    500: '#afaa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa61;
$custom-light: #c8c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.154,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA61

secondary

#A5A7C7

accent

#66C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA61

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

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