#AFAE5D#AFAE5D

#AFAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE5D
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 46.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -11.28, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 42.94, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0323 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.104 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7918, 40.1772, 16.2760)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE5D #5D5EAF

analogous

#AF855D #AFAE5D #87AF5D

triadic

#AFAE5D #5DAFAE #AE5DAF

tetradic

#AFAE5D #5DAF85 #5D5EAF #AF5D87

square

#AFAE5D #5DAF85 #5D5EAF #AF5D87

split-complementary

#AFAE5D #5D87AF #855DAF

monochromatic

#616130 #8A8A44 #AFAE5D #C3C286 #D7D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AFAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE5D

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE5D	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c68d',
    500: '#afae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae5d;
$custom-light: #c8c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 33.884,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE5D

secondary

#A2A3C6

accent

#5FCA5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE5D

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

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