#AFAB55#AFAB55

#AFAB55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.109 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB55
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -10.46, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 45.51, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0308 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.109 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8827, 38.8966, 14.3155)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB55 #5559AF

analogous

#AF7E55 #AFAB55 #86AF55

triadic

#AFAB55 #55AFAB #AB55AF

tetradic

#AFAB55 #55AF7E #5559AF #AF5586

square

#AFAB55 #55AF7E #5559AF #AF5586

split-complementary

#AFAB55 #5586AF #7E55AF

monochromatic

#5E5B2C #878440 #AFAB55 #C3C07F #D6D4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AFAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB55

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB55	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.109 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c387',
    500: '#afab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab55;
$custom-light: #c9c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB55

secondary

#9C9EC4

accent

#61CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB55

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

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