#AFAE59#AFAE59

#AFAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE59
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -11.66, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 44.90, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0338 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.108 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6192, 40.1082, 15.3673)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE59 #595AAF

analogous

#AF8359 #AFAE59 #85AF59

triadic

#AFAE59 #59AFAE #AE59AF

tetradic

#AFAE59 #59AF83 #595AAF #AF5985

square

#AFAE59 #59AF83 #595AAF #AF5985

split-complementary

#AFAE59 #5985AF #8359AF

monochromatic

#605F2E #898842 #AFAE59 #C3C282 #D7D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AFAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE59

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE59	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)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c68a',
    500: '#afae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae59;
$custom-light: #c9c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE59

secondary

#9F9FC5

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE59

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

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