#AFA23C#AFA23C

#AFA23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA23C
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -7.60, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 53.38, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0255 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.4164, 35.2822, 9.4294)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA23C #3C49AF

analogous

#AF683C #AFA23C #82AF3C

triadic

#AFA23C #3CAFA2 #A23CAF

tetradic

#AFA23C #3CAF68 #3C49AF #AF3C82

square

#AFA23C #3CAF68 #3C49AF #AF3C82

split-complementary

#AFA23C #3C82AF #683CAF

monochromatic

#544E1D #81782C #AFA23C #C8BD60 #D8D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AFA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA23C

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA23C	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd77',
    500: '#afa23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa23c;
$custom-light: #cabd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70402,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA23C

secondary

#848BC3

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA23C

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

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