#AFA424#AFA424

#AFA424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.139 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA424
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -9.82, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 62.92, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0342 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.139 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2745, 35.7936, 6.9302)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA424 #242FAF

analogous

#AF5F24 #AFA424 #75AF24

triadic

#AFA424 #24AFA4 #A424AF

tetradic

#AFA424 #24AF5F #242FAF #AF2475

square

#AFA424 #24AF5F #242FAF #AF2475

split-complementary

#AFA424 #2475AF #5F24AF

monochromatic

#49450F #7C741A #AFA424 #D6CA3A #E1D86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AFA424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA424

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA424	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)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.139 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe6b',
    500: '#afa424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa424;
$custom-light: #cbbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA424

secondary

#686FC7

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA424

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

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