#AFA423#AFA423

#AFA423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA423
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -9.86, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 63.22, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0343 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2595, 35.7875, 6.8509)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA423 #232EAF

analogous

#AF5E23 #AFA423 #74AF23

triadic

#AFA423 #23AFA4 #A423AF

tetradic

#AFA423 #23AF5E #232EAF #AF2374

square

#AFA423 #23AF5E #232EAF #AF2374

split-complementary

#AFA423 #2374AF #5E23AF

monochromatic

#49440F #7C7419 #AFA423 #D7CB38 #E1D86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AFA423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA423

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA423	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)

#B7A42E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe6a',
    500: '#afa423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa423;
$custom-light: #cbbe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA423

secondary

#666EC7

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA423

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

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