#AFAE73#AFAE73

#AFAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.079 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE73
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 34.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -8.85, 30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 31.73, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0235 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.079 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9101, 40.6245, 22.1660)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE73 #7374AF

analogous

#AF9073 #AFAE73 #92AF73

triadic

#AFAE73 #73AFAE #AE73AF

tetradic

#AFAE73 #73AF90 #7374AF #AF7392

square

#AFAE73 #73AF90 #7374AF #AF7392

split-complementary

#AFAE73 #7392AF #9073AF

monochromatic

#6B6A3D #929153 #AFAE73 #C5C59A #DCDBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#AFAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE73

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE73	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)

#B7A96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.079 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c69c',
    500: '#afae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae73;
$custom-light: #c8c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE73

secondary

#B3B3CB

accent

#66C464

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE73

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

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