#AFAE60#AFAE60

#AFAE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE60
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 45.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -10.98, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 41.45, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0311 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.101 108)
XYZ	xyz(34.9272, 40.2314, 16.9896)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE60 #6061AF

analogous

#AF8760 #AFAE60 #88AF60

triadic

#AFAE60 #60AFAE #AE60AF

tetradic

#AFAE60 #60AF87 #6061AF #AF6088

square

#AFAE60 #60AF87 #6061AF #AF6088

split-complementary

#AFAE60 #6088AF #8760AF

monochromatic

#636232 #8C8B46 #AFAE60 #C3C389 #D8D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AFAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE60

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE60	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c68f',
    500: '#afae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae60;
$custom-light: #c8c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 33.054,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7344,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.40231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE60

secondary

#A4A5C6

accent

#60C95F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE60

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

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