#AFA422#AFA422

#AFA422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.140 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA422
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -9.89, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 63.51, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0345 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.14 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2448, 35.7817, 6.7738)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA422 #222DAF

analogous

#AF5D22 #AFA422 #73AF22

triadic

#AFA422 #22AFA4 #A422AF

tetradic

#AFA422 #22AF5D #222DAF #AF2273

square

#AFA422 #22AF5D #222DAF #AF2273

split-complementary

#AFA422 #2273AF #5D22AF

monochromatic

#49440E #7C7418 #AFA422 #D8CB36 #E2D969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AFA422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA422

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA422	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.140 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe6a',
    500: '#afa422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa422;
$custom-light: #cbbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70656,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA422

secondary

#656DC8

accent

#4BEA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA422

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

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