#AFAE4C#AFAE4C

#AFAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.121 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE4C
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 56.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -12.77, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 51.05, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0383 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.121 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1207, 39.9088, 12.7419)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE4C #4C4DAF

analogous

#AF7D4C #AFAE4C #7FAF4C

triadic

#AFAE4C #4CAFAE #AE4CAF

tetradic

#AFAE4C #4CAF7D #4C4DAF #AF4C7F

square

#AFAE4C #4CAF7D #4C4DAF #AF4C7F

split-complementary

#AFAE4C #4C7FAF #7D4CAF

monochromatic

#5A5927 #848439 #AFAE4C #C3C275 #D6D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE4C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE4C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.121 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c682',
    500: '#afae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae4c;
$custom-light: #c9c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE4C

secondary

#9495C2

accent

#5ACF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE4C

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

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