#AFA23B#AFA23B

#AFA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA23B
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -7.66, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 53.81, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0257 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3902, 35.2717, 9.2915)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA23B #3B48AF

analogous

#AF683B #AFA23B #82AF3B

triadic

#AFA23B #3BAFA2 #A23BAF

tetradic

#AFA23B #3BAF68 #3B48AF #AF3B82

square

#AFA23B #3BAF68 #3B48AF #AF3B82

split-complementary

#AFA23B #3B82AF #683BAF

monochromatic

#534D1C #81782C #AFA23B #C9BD5E #D8D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AFA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA23B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA23B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd76',
    500: '#afa23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa23b;
$custom-light: #cabd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70393,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA23B

secondary

#838AC3

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA23B

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

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