#AFAD53#AFAD53

#AFAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD53
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -11.67, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 47.35, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0344 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.113 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1850, 39.6265, 14.0299)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD53 #5355AF

analogous

#AF7F53 #AFAD53 #83AF53

triadic

#AFAD53 #53AFAD #AD53AF

tetradic

#AFAD53 #53AF7F #5355AF #AF5383

square

#AFAD53 #53AF7F #5355AF #AF5383

split-complementary

#AFAD53 #5383AF #7F53AF

monochromatic

#5D5B2B #86853E #AFAD53 #C2C17D #D6D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD53

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD53	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c586',
    500: '#afad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad53;
$custom-light: #c9c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD53

secondary

#9A9BC3

accent

#5ECD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD53

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

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