#AFAE4E#AFAE4E

#AFAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.119 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE4E
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 55.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -12.61, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 50.13, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0377 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.119 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1913, 39.9370, 13.1138)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE4E #4E4FAF

analogous

#AF7D4E #AFAE4E #80AF4E

triadic

#AFAE4E #4EAFAE #AE4EAF

tetradic

#AFAE4E #4EAF7D #4E4FAF #AF4E80

square

#AFAE4E #4EAF7D #4E4FAF #AF4E80

split-complementary

#AFAE4E #4E80AF #7D4EAF

monochromatic

#5A5A28 #85843B #AFAE4E #C3C278 #D6D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AFAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE4E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE4E	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.119 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c683',
    500: '#afae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae4e;
$custom-light: #c9c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE4E

secondary

#9697C3

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE4E

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

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