#AFAD4E#AFAD4E

#AFAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.118 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD4E
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 55.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -12.09, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 49.70, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0362 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.118 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9989, 39.5521, 13.0496)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD4E #4E50AF

analogous

#AF7D4E #AFAD4E #81AF4E

triadic

#AFAD4E #4EAFAD #AD4EAF

tetradic

#AFAD4E #4EAF7D #4E50AF #AF4E81

square

#AFAD4E #4EAF7D #4E50AF #AF4E81

split-complementary

#AFAD4E #4E81AF #7D4EAF

monochromatic

#5A5928 #85833B #AFAD4E #C3C178 #D6D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AFAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD4E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD4E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.118 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c583',
    500: '#afad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad4e;
$custom-light: #c9c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72986,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD4E

secondary

#9697C3

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD4E

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

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