#AFAE86#AFAE86

#AFAE86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.055 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE86
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(59, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 23.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -6.30, 20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 21.67, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0155 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.055 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1182, 41.1078, 28.5289)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE86 #8687AF

analogous

#AF9986 #AFAE86 #9BAF86

triadic

#AFAE86 #86AFAE #AE86AF

tetradic

#AFAE86 #86AF99 #8687AF #AF869B

square

#AFAE86 #86AF99 #8687AF #AF869B

split-complementary

#AFAE86 #869BAF #9986AF

monochromatic

#706F4A #959463 #AFAE86 #C7C7AB #E0DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFAE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFAE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE86

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE86	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)

#B5AB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.055 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6a9',
    500: '#afae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae86;
$custom-light: #c7c6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 20.398,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74131,
    "c": 0.05482,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE86

secondary

#C1C1D0

accent

#499F47

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE86

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

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