#AFB255#AFB255

#AFB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB255
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -14.09, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 48.64, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0411 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.117 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2401, 41.6114, 14.7680)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB255 #5855B2

analogous

#B28755 #AFB255 #81B255

triadic

#AFB255 #55AFB2 #B255AF

tetradic

#AFB255 #55B287 #5855B2 #B25581

square

#AFB255 #55B287 #5855B2 #B25581

split-complementary

#AFB255 #5581B2 #8755B2

monochromatic

#5F612C #888B3F #AFB255 #C3C57F #D7D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#AFB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB255

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB255	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c887',
    500: '#afb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb255;
$custom-light: #c9c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB255

secondary

#9E9DC6

accent

#5ACE5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB255

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

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