#AFAE71#AFAE71

#AFAE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.081 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE71
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 113)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 35.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -9.09, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 32.77, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0243 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.081 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7963, 40.5790, 21.5664)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE71 #7172AF

analogous

#AF8F71 #AFAE71 #91AF71

triadic

#AFAE71 #71AFAE #AE71AF

tetradic

#AFAE71 #71AF8F #7172AF #AF7191

square

#AFAE71 #71AF8F #7172AF #AF7191

split-complementary

#AFAE71 #7191AF #8F71AF

monochromatic

#6A693C #919052 #AFAE71 #C5C498 #DBDBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFAE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AFAE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE71

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE71	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.081 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c69a',
    500: '#afae71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae71;
$custom-light: #c8c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE71

secondary

#B1B2CB

accent

#65C464

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE71

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

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