#AFA42D#AFA42D

#AFA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA42D
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -9.46, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 59.96, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0323 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4297, 35.8556, 7.7474)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA42D #2D38AF

analogous

#AF632D #AFA42D #79AF2D

triadic

#AFA42D #2DAFA4 #A42DAF

tetradic

#AFA42D #2DAF63 #2D38AF #AF2D79

square

#AFA42D #2DAF63 #2D38AF #AF2D79

split-complementary

#AFA42D #2D79AF #632DAF

monochromatic

#4E4914 #7E7620 #AFA42D #D0C549 #DDD47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AFA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA42D

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA42D	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)

#B39E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe6f',
    500: '#afa42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa42d;
$custom-light: #cbbe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70719,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA42D

secondary

#737AC5

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA42D

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

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