#AFAB5A#AFAB5A

#AFAB5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB5A
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 48.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -10.00, 41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 43.07, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0289 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.104 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0884, 38.9789, 15.3989)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB5A #5A5EAF

analogous

#AF805A #AFAB5A #89AF5A

triadic

#AFAB5A #5AAFAB #AB5AAF

tetradic

#AFAB5A #5AAF80 #5A5EAF #AF5A89

square

#AFAB5A #5AAF80 #5A5EAF #AF5A89

split-complementary

#AFAB5A #5A89AF #805AAF

monochromatic

#605E2F #898643 #AFAB5A #C3C083 #D7D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AFAB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB5A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB5A	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c38a',
    500: '#afab5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab5a;
$custom-light: #c9c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB5A

secondary

#A0A2C5

accent

#62CB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB5A

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

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