#AFAD55#AFAD55

#AFAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD55
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -11.50, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 46.39, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0337 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.111 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2633, 39.6579, 14.4424)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD55 #5557AF

analogous

#AF8055 #AFAD55 #84AF55

triadic

#AFAD55 #55AFAD #AD55AF

tetradic

#AFAD55 #55AF80 #5557AF #AF5584

square

#AFAD55 #55AF80 #5557AF #AF5584

split-complementary

#AFAD55 #5584AF #8055AF

monochromatic

#5E5C2C #878640 #AFAD55 #C3C17F #D6D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD55

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD55	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)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c587',
    500: '#afad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad55;
$custom-light: #c9c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD55

secondary

#9C9DC4

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD55

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

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