#AFA038#AFA038

#AFA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA038
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -6.78, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 54.36, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0236 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(30.9651, 34.5424, 8.7769)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA038 #3847AF

analogous

#AF6438 #AFA038 #82AF38

triadic

#AFA038 #38AFA0 #A038AF

tetradic

#AFA038 #38AF64 #3847AF #AF3882

square

#AFA038 #38AF64 #3847AF #AF3882

split-complementary

#AFA038 #3882AF #6438AF

monochromatic

#524B1A #817629 #AFA038 #CABC5A #D9CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AFA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AFA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA038

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA038	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)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb74',
    500: '#afa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa038;
$custom-light: #cabb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69933,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.34541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA038

secondary

#8088C3

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA038

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

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