#AFAE5A#AFAE5A

#AFAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE5A
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 48.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -11.56, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 44.42, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0334 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.107 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6615, 40.1251, 15.5899)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE5A #5A5BAF

analogous

#AF845A #AFAE5A #86AF5A

triadic

#AFAE5A #5AAFAE #AE5AAF

tetradic

#AFAE5A #5AAF84 #5A5BAF #AF5A86

square

#AFAE5A #5AAF84 #5A5BAF #AF5A86

split-complementary

#AFAE5A #5A86AF #845AAF

monochromatic

#605F2F #898843 #AFAE5A #C3C283 #D7D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#AFAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE5A

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE5A	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)

#BAA853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c68b',
    500: '#afae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae5a;
$custom-light: #c9c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE5A

secondary

#A0A0C5

accent

#5ECB5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE5A

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

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