#AFB456#AFB456

#AFB456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB456
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -15.02, 46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 49.09, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0437 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.118 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6809, 42.4291, 15.1123)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB456 #5B56B4

analogous

#B48A56 #AFB456 #80B456

triadic

#AFB456 #56AFB4 #B456AF

tetradic

#AFB456 #56B48A #5B56B4 #B45680

square

#AFB456 #56B48A #5B56B4 #B45680

split-complementary

#AFB456 #5680B4 #8A56B4

monochromatic

#61632C #8A8E3F #AFB456 #C3C780 #D7DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AFB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB456

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB456	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca88',
    500: '#afb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb456;
$custom-light: #c9ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.191,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB456

secondary

#A19EC7

accent

#59CE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB456

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

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