#AFAE5E#AFAE5E

#AFAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE5E
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 46.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -11.18, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 42.45, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0319 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.103 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8363, 40.1950, 16.5108)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE5E #5E5FAF

analogous

#AF855E #AFAE5E #88AF5E

triadic

#AFAE5E #5EAFAE #AE5EAF

tetradic

#AFAE5E #5EAF85 #5E5FAF #AF5E88

square

#AFAE5E #5EAF85 #5E5FAF #AF5E88

split-complementary

#AFAE5E #5E88AF #855EAF

monochromatic

#626131 #8B8A45 #AFAE5E #C3C387 #D8D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#AFAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE5E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE5E	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)

#B9A857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c68d',
    500: '#afae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae5e;
$custom-light: #c8c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 33.61,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73411,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE5E

secondary

#A3A3C6

accent

#5FCA5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE5E

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

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