#AFAF61#AFAF61

#AFAF61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.101 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF61
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -11.40, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 41.42, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0322 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.101 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1675, 40.6377, 17.2983)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF61 #6161AF

analogous

#AF8861 #AFAF61 #88AF61

triadic

#AFAF61 #61AFAF #AF61AF

tetradic

#AFAF61 #61AF88 #6161AF #AF6188

square

#AFAF61 #61AF88 #6161AF #AF6188

split-complementary

#AFAF61 #6188AF #8861AF

monochromatic

#636332 #8C8C47 #AFAF61 #C4C48A #D8D8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFAF61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AFAF61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF61

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF61	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.101 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c68f',
    500: '#afaf61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf61;
$custom-light: #c8c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF61

secondary

#A5A5C7

accent

#5FC95F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF61

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

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