#AFA42B#AFA42B

#AFA42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.135 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA42B
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -9.54, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 60.66, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0328 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.135 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.3921, 35.8406, 7.5494)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA42B #2B36AF

analogous

#AF622B #AFA42B #78AF2B

triadic

#AFA42B #2BAFA4 #A42BAF

tetradic

#AFA42B #2BAF62 #2B36AF #AF2B78

square

#AFA42B #2BAF62 #2B36AF #AF2B78

split-complementary

#AFA42B #2B78AF #622BAF

monochromatic

#4D4813 #7E761F #AFA42B #D1C646 #DED577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AFA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA42B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA42B	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.135 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe6e',
    500: '#afa42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa42b;
$custom-light: #cbbe6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.35839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA42B

secondary

#7078C5

accent

#51E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA42B

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

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