#AFA238#AFA238

#AFA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA238
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -7.84, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 55.05, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0266 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3146, 35.2414, 8.8934)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA238 #3845AF

analogous

#AF6638 #AFA238 #81AF38

triadic

#AFA238 #38AFA2 #A238AF

tetradic

#AFA238 #38AF66 #3845AF #AF3881

square

#AFA238 #38AF66 #3845AF #AF3881

split-complementary

#AFA238 #3881AF #6638AF

monochromatic

#524C1A #817729 #AFA238 #CABE5A #D9D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AFA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA238

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA238	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd75',
    500: '#afa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa238;
$custom-light: #cabd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA238

secondary

#8087C3

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA238

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

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