#AFA231#AFA231

#AFA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA231
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -8.21, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 57.82, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0284 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1553, 35.1777, 8.0540)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA231 #313EAF

analogous

#AF6331 #AFA231 #7DAF31

triadic

#AFA231 #31AFA2 #A231AF

tetradic

#AFA231 #31AF63 #313EAF #AF317D

square

#AFA231 #31AF63 #313EAF #AF317D

split-complementary

#AFA231 #317DAF #6331AF

monochromatic

#4F4916 #7F7624 #AFA231 #CEC14F #DBD27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#AFA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA231

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA231	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd71',
    500: '#afa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa231;
$custom-light: #cabd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70311,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA231

secondary

#7880C4

accent

#58E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA231

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

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