#AFAE78#AFAE78

#AFAE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.073 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE78
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 26%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 31.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -8.22, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 29.11, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0214 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.073 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2056, 40.7428, 23.7225)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE78 #7879AF

analogous

#AF9278 #AFAE78 #94AF78

triadic

#AFAE78 #78AFAE #AE78AF

tetradic

#AFAE78 #78AF92 #7879AF #AF7894

square

#AFAE78 #78AF92 #7879AF #AF7894

split-complementary

#AFAE78 #7894AF #9278AF

monochromatic

#6C6C40 #939257 #AFAE78 #C6C59E #DDDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFAE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#AFAE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE78

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE78	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.073 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c69f',
    500: '#afae78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae78;
$custom-light: #c7c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 25.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE78

secondary

#B6B7CC

accent

#67C266

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE78

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

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