#AFB261#AFB261

#AFB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB261
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -12.95, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 42.84, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0367 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.104 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7579, 41.8185, 17.4951)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB261 #6461B2

analogous

#B28D61 #AFB261 #87B261

triadic

#AFB261 #61AFB2 #B261AF

tetradic

#AFB261 #61B28D #6461B2 #B26187

square

#AFB261 #61B28D #6461B2 #B26187

split-complementary

#AFB261 #6187B2 #8D61B2

monochromatic

#656732 #8D9046 #AFB261 #C4C68A #D9DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AFB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#AFB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB261

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB261	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c88f',
    500: '#afb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb261;
$custom-light: #c8c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB261

secondary

#A7A6C9

accent

#5DCB61

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB261

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

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