#AFAE50#AFAE50

#AFAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE50
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 54.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -12.45, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 49.20, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.037 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.117 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2641, 39.9662, 13.4972)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE50 #5051AF

analogous

#AF7E50 #AFAE50 #81AF50

triadic

#AFAE50 #50AFAE #AE50AF

tetradic

#AFAE50 #50AF7E #5051AF #AF5081

square

#AFAE50 #50AF7E #5051AF #AF5081

split-complementary

#AFAE50 #5081AF #7E50AF

monochromatic

#5B5A2A #85843D #AFAE50 #C2C17A #D5D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AFAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE50

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE50	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)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c684',
    500: '#afae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae50;
$custom-light: #c9c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE50

secondary

#9899C3

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE50

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

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