#AFB459#AFB459

#AFB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB459
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -14.75, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 47.67, 108.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0426 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.115 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8043, 42.4784, 15.7623)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB459 #5E59B4

analogous

#B48C59 #AFB459 #81B459

triadic

#AFB459 #59AFB4 #B459AF

tetradic

#AFB459 #59B48C #5E59B4 #B45981

square

#AFB459 #59B48C #5E59B4 #B45981

split-complementary

#AFB459 #5981B4 #8C59B4

monochromatic

#62652E #8B8F41 #AFB459 #C3C783 #D8DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AFB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB459

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB459	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca8a',
    500: '#afb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb459;
$custom-light: #c9ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB459

secondary

#A3A1C8

accent

#5ACE60

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB459

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →