#AFAF50#AFAF50

#AFAF50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.118 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF50
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -12.96, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 49.64, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0384 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.118 109)
XYZ	xyz(34.4580, 40.3540, 13.5618)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF50 #5050AF

analogous

#AF8050 #AFAF50 #80AF50

triadic

#AFAF50 #50AFAF #AF50AF

tetradic

#AFAF50 #50AF80 #5050AF #AF5080

square

#AFAF50 #50AF80 #5050AF #AF5080

split-complementary

#AFAF50 #507FAF #7F50AF

monochromatic

#5B5B2A #85853D #AFAF50 #C2C27A #D5D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFAF50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#AFAF50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF50

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF50	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.118 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c684',
    500: '#afaf50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf50;
$custom-light: #c9c684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73448,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF50

secondary

#9898C3

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF50

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

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