#AFAE56#AFAE56

#AFAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.111 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE56
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -11.93, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 46.35, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0349 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.111 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4958, 40.0588, 14.7173)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE56 #5657AF

analogous

#AF8156 #AFAE56 #83AF56

triadic

#AFAE56 #56AFAE #AE56AF

tetradic

#AFAE56 #56AF81 #5657AF #AF5683

square

#AFAE56 #56AF81 #5657AF #AF5683

split-complementary

#AFAE56 #5683AF #8156AF

monochromatic

#5E5E2D #888740 #AFAE56 #C3C280 #D6D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE56

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE56	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)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.111 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c688',
    500: '#afae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae56;
$custom-light: #c9c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE56

secondary

#9D9DC4

accent

#5DCC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE56

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

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