#AFA138#AFA138

#AFA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA138
RGB	rgb(175, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -7.31, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 54.70, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0251 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1392, 34.8905, 8.8349)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA138 #3846AF

analogous

#AF6538 #AFA138 #81AF38

triadic

#AFA138 #38AFA1 #A138AF

tetradic

#AFA138 #38AF65 #3846AF #AF3881

square

#AFA138 #38AF65 #3846AF #AF3881

split-complementary

#AFA138 #3881AF #6538AF

monochromatic

#524C1A #817629 #AFA138 #CABD5A #D9D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#AFA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#AFA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA138

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA138	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabc74',
    500: '#afa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa138;
$custom-light: #cabc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7015,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA138

secondary

#8088C3

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA138

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

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