#AFAE54#AFAE54

#AFAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE54
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 52%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -12.11, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 47.31, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0356 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.113 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4163, 40.0270, 14.2988)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE54 #5455AF

analogous

#AF8054 #AFAE54 #82AF54

triadic

#AFAE54 #54AFAE #AE54AF

tetradic

#AFAE54 #54AF80 #5455AF #AF5482

square

#AFAE54 #54AF80 #5455AF #AF5482

split-complementary

#AFAE54 #5482AF #8054AF

monochromatic

#5D5D2C #87863F #AFAE54 #C3C27E #D6D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE54

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE54	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c687',
    500: '#afae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae54;
$custom-light: #c9c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 36.255,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE54

secondary

#9B9CC4

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE54

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

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