#AFAB56#AFAB56

#AFAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB56
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -10.37, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 45.03, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0304 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.108 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9227, 38.9126, 14.5262)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB56 #565AAF

analogous

#AF7E56 #AFAB56 #86AF56

triadic

#AFAB56 #56AFAB #AB56AF

tetradic

#AFAB56 #56AF7E #565AAF #AF5686

square

#AFAB56 #56AF7E #565AAF #AF5686

split-complementary

#AFAB56 #5686AF #7E56AF

monochromatic

#5E5C2D #888440 #AFAB56 #C3C080 #D6D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AFAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB56

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB56	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)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c388',
    500: '#afab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab56;
$custom-light: #c9c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB56

secondary

#9D9FC4

accent

#61CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB56

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

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