#AFA22D#AFA22D

#AFA22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA22D
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -8.40, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 59.29, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0293 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0746, 35.1454, 7.6290)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA22D #2D3AAF

analogous

#AF612D #AFA22D #7BAF2D

triadic

#AFA22D #2DAFA2 #A22DAF

tetradic

#AFA22D #2DAF61 #2D3AAF #AF2D7B

square

#AFA22D #2DAF61 #2D3AAF #AF2D7B

split-complementary

#AFA22D #2D7BAF #612DAF

monochromatic

#4E4814 #7E7520 #AFA22D #D0C349 #DDD37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AFA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#AFA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA22D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA22D	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd6f',
    500: '#afa22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa22d;
$custom-light: #cbbd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA22D

secondary

#737BC5

accent

#55E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA22D

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

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