#AFA23E#AFA23E

#AFA23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA23E
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -7.48, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 52.52, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0249 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4703, 35.3037, 9.7131)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA23E #3E4BAF

analogous

#AF6A3E #AFA23E #84AF3E

triadic

#AFA23E #3EAFA2 #A23EAF

tetradic

#AFA23E #3EAF6A #3E4BAF #AF3E84

square

#AFA23E #3EAF6A #3E4BAF #AF3E84

split-complementary

#AFA23E #3E84AF #6A3EAF

monochromatic

#554E1E #82782E #AFA23E #C8BC63 #D8CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AFA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#AFA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA23E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA23E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd78',
    500: '#afa23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa23e;
$custom-light: #cabd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA23E

secondary

#868DC3

accent

#60D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA23E

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

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