#AFAE58#AFAE58

#AFAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.109 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE58
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 49.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -11.75, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 45.39, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0341 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.109 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5775, 40.0915, 15.1476)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE58 #5859AF

analogous

#AF8358 #AFAE58 #85AF58

triadic

#AFAE58 #58AFAE #AE58AF

tetradic

#AFAE58 #58AF83 #5859AF #AF5885

square

#AFAE58 #58AF83 #5859AF #AF5885

split-complementary

#AFAE58 #5885AF #8358AF

monochromatic

#5F5E2E #888841 #AFAE58 #C3C281 #D7D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AFAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE58

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE58	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.109 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c689',
    500: '#afae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae58;
$custom-light: #c9c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 35.223,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE58

secondary

#9E9FC5

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE58

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

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