#AFB457#AFB457

#AFB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB457
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -14.93, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 48.62, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0433 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.117 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7215, 42.4453, 15.3260)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB457 #5C57B4

analogous

#B48B57 #AFB457 #80B457

triadic

#AFB457 #57AFB4 #B457AF

tetradic

#AFB457 #57B48B #5C57B4 #B45780

square

#AFB457 #57B48B #5C57B4 #B45780

split-complementary

#AFB457 #5780B4 #8B57B4

monochromatic

#61642D #8A8E40 #AFB457 #C3C781 #D7DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AFB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB457

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB457	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)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca89',
    500: '#afb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb457;
$custom-light: #c9ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.226,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74634,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB457

secondary

#A19FC8

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB457

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

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