#AFA23A#AFA23A

#AFA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA23A
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -7.72, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 54.23, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.026 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3645, 35.2614, 9.1562)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA23A #3A47AF

analogous

#AF673A #AFA23A #81AF3A

triadic

#AFA23A #3AAFA2 #A23AAF

tetradic

#AFA23A #3AAF67 #3A47AF #AF3A81

square

#AFA23A #3AAF67 #3A47AF #AF3A81

split-complementary

#AFA23A #3A81AF #673AAF

monochromatic

#534D1C #81772B #AFA23A #C9BD5D #D9D08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AFA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA23A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA23A	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)

#B19D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd76',
    500: '#afa23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa23a;
$custom-light: #cabd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA23A

secondary

#8289C3

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA23A

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

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