#AFB257#AFB257

#AFB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB257
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -13.91, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 47.69, 106.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0404 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.115 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3206, 41.6436, 15.1924)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB257 #5A57B2

analogous

#B28857 #AFB257 #82B257

triadic

#AFB257 #57AFB2 #B257AF

tetradic

#AFB257 #57B288 #5A57B2 #B25782

square

#AFB257 #57B288 #5A57B2 #B25782

split-complementary

#AFB257 #5782B2 #8857B2

monochromatic

#60622D #898C40 #AFB257 #C3C581 #D7D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AFB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB257

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB257	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)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c889',
    500: '#afb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb257;
$custom-light: #c9c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.978,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB257

secondary

#A09EC6

accent

#5BCD5E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB257

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

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