#AFB256#AFB256

#AFB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB256
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -14.00, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 48.17, 106.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0407 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.116 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2801, 41.6274, 14.9787)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB256 #5956B2

analogous

#B28756 #AFB256 #81B256

triadic

#AFB256 #56AFB2 #B256AF

tetradic

#AFB256 #56B287 #5956B2 #B25681

square

#AFB256 #56B287 #5956B2 #B25681

split-complementary

#AFB256 #5681B2 #8756B2

monochromatic

#60612C #898B3F #AFB256 #C3C580 #D7D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AFB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB256

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB256	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c888',
    500: '#afb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb256;
$custom-light: #c9c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.957,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB256

secondary

#9F9EC6

accent

#5ACD5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB256

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

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