#AFA228#AFA228

#AFA228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA228
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -8.62, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 61.01, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0304 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.135 103)
XYZ	xyz(30.9840, 35.1092, 7.1518)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA228 #2835AF

analogous

#AF5E28 #AFA228 #79AF28

triadic

#AFA228 #28AFA2 #A228AF

tetradic

#AFA228 #28AF5E #2835AF #AF2879

square

#AFA228 #28AF5E #2835AF #AF2879

split-complementary

#AFA228 #2879AF #5E28AF

monochromatic

#4B4611 #7D741D #AFA228 #D4C541 #DFD473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AFA228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AFA228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA228

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA228	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd6c',
    500: '#afa228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa228;
$custom-light: #cbbd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA228

secondary

#6D75C6

accent

#52E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA228

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

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