#AFAE57#AFAE57

#AFAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE57
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 50.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -11.84, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 45.87, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0345 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.11 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5364, 40.0750, 14.9309)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE57 #5758AF

analogous

#AF8257 #AFAE57 #84AF57

triadic

#AFAE57 #57AFAE #AE57AF

tetradic

#AFAE57 #57AF82 #5758AF #AF5784

square

#AFAE57 #57AF82 #5758AF #AF5784

split-complementary

#AFAE57 #5784AF #8257AF

monochromatic

#5F5E2D #888741 #AFAE57 #C3C280 #D6D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE57

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE57	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c689',
    500: '#afae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae57;
$custom-light: #c9c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE57

secondary

#9E9EC4

accent

#5ECC5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE57

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

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