#AFAE87#AFAE87

#AFAE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.054 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE87
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 20%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 22.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -6.16, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 21.13, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0151 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.054 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1883, 41.1358, 28.8979)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE87 #8788AF

analogous

#AF9A87 #AFAE87 #9CAF87

triadic

#AFAE87 #87AFAE #AE87AF

tetradic

#AFAE87 #87AF9A #8788AF #AF879C

square

#AFAE87 #87AF9A #8788AF #AF879C

split-complementary

#AFAE87 #879CAF #9A87AF

monochromatic

#71704B #959464 #AFAE87 #C7C7AC #E0E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFAE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#AFAE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE87

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE87	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.054 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6aa',
    500: '#afae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae87;
$custom-light: #c7c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.05351,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE87

secondary

#C1C2D0

accent

#499E47

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE87

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

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