#AFAE4D#AFAE4D

#AFAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE4D
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 56%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -12.69, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 50.59, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.038 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.12 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1557, 39.9228, 12.9264)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE4D #4D4EAF

analogous

#AF7D4D #AFAE4D #7FAF4D

triadic

#AFAE4D #4DAFAE #AE4DAF

tetradic

#AFAE4D #4DAF7D #4D4EAF #AF4D7F

square

#AFAE4D #4DAF7D #4D4EAF #AF4D7F

split-complementary

#AFAE4D #4D7FAF #7D4DAF

monochromatic

#5A5928 #85843A #AFAE4D #C3C276 #D6D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE4D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE4D	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)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c682',
    500: '#afae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae4d;
$custom-light: #c9c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE4D

secondary

#9596C3

accent

#5ACF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE4D

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

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