#AFA040#AFA040

#AFA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA040
RGB	rgb(175, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -6.28, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 50.93, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0212 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1767, 34.6271, 9.8910)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA040 #404FAF

analogous

#AF6940 #AFA040 #87AF40

triadic

#AFA040 #40AFA0 #A040AF

tetradic

#AFA040 #40AF69 #404FAF #AF4087

square

#AFA040 #40AF69 #404FAF #AF4087

split-complementary

#AFA040 #4087AF #6940AF

monochromatic

#554E1F #827730 #AFA040 #C7BA65 #D7CE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#AFA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#AFA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA040

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA040	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb79',
    500: '#afa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa040;
$custom-light: #cabb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA040

secondary

#8890C3

accent

#64D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA040

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

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