#AFA23D#AFA23D

#AFA23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA23D
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -7.54, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 52.95, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0252 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.121 102)
XYZ	xyz(31.4431, 35.2928, 9.5699)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA23D #3D4AAF

analogous

#AF693D #AFA23D #83AF3D

triadic

#AFA23D #3DAFA2 #A23DAF

tetradic

#AFA23D #3DAF69 #3D4AAF #AF3D83

square

#AFA23D #3DAF69 #3D4AAF #AF3D83

split-complementary

#AFA23D #3D83AF #693DAF

monochromatic

#544E1D #82782D #AFA23D #C8BC61 #D8CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AFA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA23D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA23D	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)

#B09D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd77',
    500: '#afa23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa23d;
$custom-light: #cabd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 48.305,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70411,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.35292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA23D

secondary

#858CC3

accent

#5FD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA23D

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

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