#AFAE85#AFAE85

#AFAE85 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.056 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE85
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 24%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -6.45, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 22.20, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.016 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.056 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0488, 41.0800, 28.1633)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE85 #8586AF

analogous

#AF9985 #AFAE85 #9BAF85

triadic

#AFAE85 #85AFAE #AE85AF

tetradic

#AFAE85 #85AF99 #8586AF #AF859B

square

#AFAE85 #85AF99 #8586AF #AF859B

split-complementary

#AFAE85 #859BAF #9985AF

monochromatic

#706F4A #959462 #AFAE85 #C7C7AA #DFDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFAE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFAE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE85

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE85	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.056 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6a8',
    500: '#afae85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae85;
$custom-light: #c7c6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 20.792,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.05613,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE85

secondary

#C0C0D0

accent

#489F46

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#13130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE85

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

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