#AFAC59#AFAC59

#AFAC59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC59
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -10.62, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 44.01, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0308 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.106 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2357, 39.3412, 15.2394)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC59 #595CAF

analogous

#AF8159 #AFAC59 #87AF59

triadic

#AFAC59 #59AFAC #AC59AF

tetradic

#AFAC59 #59AF81 #595CAF #AF5987

square

#AFAC59 #59AF81 #595CAF #AF5987

split-complementary

#AFAC59 #5987AF #8159AF

monochromatic

#605E2E #898642 #AFAC59 #C3C182 #D7D5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AFAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC59

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC59	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c48a',
    500: '#afac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac59;
$custom-light: #c9c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.1059,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC59

secondary

#9FA0C5

accent

#61CB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC59

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

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