#AFAA66#AFAA66

#AFAA66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA66
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 41.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -8.25, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 36.58, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0228 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.089 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4528, 38.8236, 18.2466)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA66 #666BAF

analogous

#AF8666 #AFAA66 #90AF66

triadic

#AFAA66 #66AFAA #AA66AF

tetradic

#AFAA66 #66AF86 #666BAF #AF6690

square

#AFAA66 #66AF86 #666BAF #AF6690

split-complementary

#AFAA66 #6690AF #8666AF

monochromatic

#666235 #8E894A #AFAA66 #C4C08E #D9D7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AFAA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AFAA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA66

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA66	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c393',
    500: '#afaa66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa66;
$custom-light: #c8c393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 31.33,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72663,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA66

secondary

#A9ABC8

accent

#67C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA66

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

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