#AFA036#AFA036

#AFA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA036
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -6.89, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 55.18, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0241 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9172, 34.5233, 8.5244)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA036 #3645AF

analogous

#AF6436 #AFA036 #81AF36

triadic

#AFA036 #36AFA0 #A036AF

tetradic

#AFA036 #36AF64 #3645AF #AF3681

square

#AFA036 #36AF64 #3645AF #AF3681

split-complementary

#AFA036 #3681AF #6436AF

monochromatic

#514A19 #807528 #AFA036 #CBBD57 #DACF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AFA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AFA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA036

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA036	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb73',
    500: '#afa036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa036;
$custom-light: #cabb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA036

secondary

#7D86C3

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA036

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

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