#AFBE5E#AFBE5E

#AFBE5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE5E
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 50.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -19.35, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 50.15, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0551 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.123 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1135, 46.7494, 17.6032)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE5E #6D5EBE

analogous

#BE9D5E #AFBE5E #7FBE5E

triadic

#AFBE5E #5EAFBE #BE5EAF

tetradic

#AFBE5E #5EBE9D #6D5EBE #BE5E7F

square

#AFBE5E #5EBE9D #6D5EBE #BE5E7F

split-complementary

#AFBE5E #5E7FBE #9D5EBE

monochromatic

#68732E #909F40 #AFBE5E #C5D08A #DAE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AFBE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#AFBE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE5E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE5E	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d18e',
    500: '#afbe5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe5e;
$custom-light: #c9d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 42.478,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76939,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE5E

secondary

#AEA8D0

accent

#56D269

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE5E

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

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