#AFA240#AFA240

#AFA240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA240
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -7.35, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 51.65, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0243 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5262, 35.3261, 10.0075)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA240 #404DAF

analogous

#AF6B40 #AFA240 #85AF40

triadic

#AFA240 #40AFA2 #A240AF

tetradic

#AFA240 #40AF6B #404DAF #AF4085

square

#AFA240 #40AF6B #404DAF #AF4085

split-complementary

#AFA240 #4085AF #6B40AF

monochromatic

#554F1F #827930 #AFA240 #C7BB65 #D7CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AFA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AFA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA240

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA240	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd79',
    500: '#afa240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa240;
$custom-light: #cabd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7044,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA240

secondary

#888FC3

accent

#61D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA240

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

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