#AFAE99#AFAE99

#AFAE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.029 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE99
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 13%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -3.35, 10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 11.42, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0075 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.029 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5644, 41.6863, 36.1455)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE99 #999AAF

analogous

#AFA399 #AFAE99 #A5AF99

triadic

#AFAE99 #99AFAE #AE99AF

tetradic

#AFAE99 #99AFA3 #999AAF #AF99A5

square

#AFAE99 #99AFA3 #999AAF #AF99A5

split-complementary

#AFAE99 #99A5AF #A399AF

monochromatic

#73725A #949377 #AFAE99 #CAC9BB #E5E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#AFAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE99

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE99	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.029 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c6b7',
    500: '#afae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae99;
$custom-light: #c7c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 12.088,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74582,
    "c": 0.02931,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE99

secondary

#CECED6

accent

#53964F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE99

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

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