#AFAE55#AFAE55

#AFAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.112 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE55
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -12.02, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 46.83, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0352 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.112 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4558, 40.0428, 14.5066)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE55 #5556AF

analogous

#AF8155 #AFAE55 #83AF55

triadic

#AFAE55 #55AFAE #AE55AF

tetradic

#AFAE55 #55AF81 #5556AF #AF5583

square

#AFAE55 #55AF81 #5556AF #AF5583

split-complementary

#AFAE55 #5583AF #8155AF

monochromatic

#5E5D2C #878640 #AFAE55 #C3C27F #D6D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE55

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE55	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)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.112 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c687',
    500: '#afae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae55;
$custom-light: #c9c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE55

secondary

#9C9CC4

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE55

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

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