#AFA237#AFA237

#AFA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA237
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -7.90, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 55.46, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0269 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2904, 35.2318, 8.7659)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA237 #3744AF

analogous

#AF6637 #AFA237 #80AF37

triadic

#AFA237 #37AFA2 #A237AF

tetradic

#AFA237 #37AF66 #3744AF #AF3780

square

#AFA237 #37AF66 #3744AF #AF3780

split-complementary

#AFA237 #3780AF #6637AF

monochromatic

#524C1A #807728 #AFA237 #CBBE59 #D9D087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AFA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA237

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA237	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd74',
    500: '#afa237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa237;
$custom-light: #cabd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70358,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA237

secondary

#7F86C3

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA237

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

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