#AFAB8B#AFAB8B

#AFAB8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.044 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB8B
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 18%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 20.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -3.96, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 17.49, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0089 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.044 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9021, 40.1044, 30.2180)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB8B #8B8FAF

analogous

#AF998B #AFAB8B #A1AF8B

triadic

#AFAB8B #8BAFAB #AB8BAF

tetradic

#AFAB8B #8BAF99 #8B8FAF #AF8BA1

square

#AFAB8B #8BAF99 #8B8FAF #AF8BA1

split-complementary

#AFAB8B #8BA1AF #998BAF

monochromatic

#716D4E #969067 #AFAB8B #C8C5AF #E1DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AFAB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB8B

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB8B	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.044 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c4ad',
    500: '#afab8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab8b;
$custom-light: #c7c4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 18.367,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.04446,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB8B

secondary

#C4C6D2

accent

#529D49

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB8B

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

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