#AFAB59#AFAB59

#AFAB59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB59
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -10.09, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 43.56, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0293 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.105 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0461, 38.9620, 15.1762)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB59 #595DAF

analogous

#AF8059 #AFAB59 #88AF59

triadic

#AFAB59 #59AFAB #AB59AF

tetradic

#AFAB59 #59AF80 #595DAF #AF5988

square

#AFAB59 #59AF80 #595DAF #AF5988

split-complementary

#AFAB59 #5988AF #8059AF

monochromatic

#605D2E #898642 #AFAB59 #C3C082 #D7D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AFAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB59

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB59	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c38a',
    500: '#afab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab59;
$custom-light: #c9c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.10479,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB59

secondary

#9FA1C5

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB59

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

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