#AFAE53#AFAE53

#AFAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE53
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -12.19, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 47.79, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0359 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.114 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3774, 40.0115, 14.0940)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE53 #5354AF

analogous

#AF8053 #AFAE53 #82AF53

triadic

#AFAE53 #53AFAE #AE53AF

tetradic

#AFAE53 #53AF80 #5354AF #AF5382

square

#AFAE53 #53AF80 #5354AF #AF5382

split-complementary

#AFAE53 #5382AF #8053AF

monochromatic

#5D5C2B #86863E #AFAE53 #C2C27D #D6D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AFAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE53

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE53	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)

#BAA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c686',
    500: '#afae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae53;
$custom-light: #c9c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE53

secondary

#9A9BC3

accent

#5DCD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE53

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

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