#AFAE52#AFAE52

#AFAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE52
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 53.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -12.28, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 48.26, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0363 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.115 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3391, 39.9962, 13.8921)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE52 #5253AF

analogous

#AF7F52 #AFAE52 #81AF52

triadic

#AFAE52 #52AFAE #AE52AF

tetradic

#AFAE52 #52AF7F #5253AF #AF5281

square

#AFAE52 #52AF7F #5253AF #AF5281

split-complementary

#AFAE52 #5281AF #7F52AF

monochromatic

#5C5C2B #86853E #AFAE52 #C2C27C #D6D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AFAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE52

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE52	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c685',
    500: '#afae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae52;
$custom-light: #c9c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE52

secondary

#9A9AC3

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE52

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

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