#AFA037#AFA037

#AFA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA037
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -6.84, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 54.77, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0238 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9409, 34.5328, 8.6494)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA037 #3746AF

analogous

#AF6437 #AFA037 #82AF37

triadic

#AFA037 #37AFA0 #A037AF

tetradic

#AFA037 #37AF64 #3746AF #AF3782

square

#AFA037 #37AF64 #3746AF #AF3782

split-complementary

#AFA037 #3782AF #6437AF

monochromatic

#524B1A #807528 #AFA037 #CBBC59 #D9CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AFA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AFA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA037

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA037	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb74',
    500: '#afa037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa037;
$custom-light: #cabb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69925,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA037

secondary

#7F87C3

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA037

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

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