#AFAA8B#AFAA8B

#AFAA8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.043 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA8B
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 139)
HSL	hsl(52, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -3.43, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 17.01, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0073 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.043 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7140, 39.7280, 30.1553)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA8B #8B90AF

analogous

#AF988B #AFAA8B #A2AF8B

triadic

#AFAA8B #8BAFAA #AA8BAF

tetradic

#AFAA8B #8BAF98 #8B90AF #AF8BA2

square

#AFAA8B #8BAF98 #8B90AF #AF8BA2

split-complementary

#AFAA8B #8BA2AF #988BAF

monochromatic

#716D4E #968F67 #AFAA8B #C8C5AF #E1DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AFAA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA8B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA8B	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.043 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c3ad',
    500: '#afaa8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa8b;
$custom-light: #c7c3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73393,
    "c": 0.04328,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA8B

secondary

#C4C6D2

accent

#549D49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA8B

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

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