#AFAC55#AFAC55

#AFAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC55
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -10.98, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 45.95, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0322 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.11 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0723, 39.2758, 14.3787)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC55 #5558AF

analogous

#AF7F55 #AFAC55 #85AF55

triadic

#AFAC55 #55AFAC #AC55AF

tetradic

#AFAC55 #55AF7F #5558AF #AF5585

square

#AFAC55 #55AF7F #5558AF #AF5585

split-complementary

#AFAC55 #5585AF #7F55AF

monochromatic

#5E5C2C #878540 #AFAC55 #C3C07F #D6D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AFAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC55

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC55	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c487',
    500: '#afac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac55;
$custom-light: #c9c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC55

secondary

#9C9DC4

accent

#60CC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC55

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

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