#AFA039#AFA039

#AFA039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA039
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -6.72, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 53.94, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0233 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9898, 34.5523, 8.9070)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA039 #3948AF

analogous

#AF6539 #AFA039 #83AF39

triadic

#AFA039 #39AFA0 #A039AF

tetradic

#AFA039 #39AF65 #3948AF #AF3983

square

#AFA039 #39AF65 #3948AF #AF3983

split-complementary

#AFA039 #3983AF #6539AF

monochromatic

#534C1B #81762A #AFA039 #CABC5B #D9CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AFA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#AFA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA039

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA039	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb75',
    500: '#afa039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa039;
$custom-light: #cabb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69942,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA039

secondary

#8189C3

accent

#5FDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA039

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

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