#AFA242#AFA242

#AFA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA242
RGB	rgb(175, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -7.21, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 50.76, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0236 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5841, 35.3492, 10.3126)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA242 #424FAF

analogous

#AF6C42 #AFA242 #86AF42

triadic

#AFA242 #42AFA2 #A242AF

tetradic

#AFA242 #42AF6C #424FAF #AF4286

square

#AFA242 #42AF6C #424FAF #AF4286

split-complementary

#AFA242 #4286AF #6C42AF

monochromatic

#565020 #837931 #AFA242 #C6BB68 #D7CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AFA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AFA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA242

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA242	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)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabd7a',
    500: '#afa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa242;
$custom-light: #cabd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7046,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA242

secondary

#8A91C2

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA242

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

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