#AFA42E#AFA42E

#AFA42E 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	#AFA42E
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -9.41, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 59.60, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0321 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4492, 35.8634, 7.8500)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA42E #2E39AF

analogous

#AF632E #AFA42E #79AF2E

triadic

#AFA42E #2EAFA4 #A42EAF

tetradic

#AFA42E #2EAF63 #2E39AF #AF2E79

square

#AFA42E #2EAF63 #2E39AF #AF2E79

split-complementary

#AFA42E #2E79AF #632EAF

monochromatic

#4E4915 #7F7721 #AFA42E #D0C44B #DCD47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AFA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#AFA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA42E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA42E	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)

#B39E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe6f',
    500: '#afa42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa42e;
$custom-light: #cabe6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA42E

secondary

#747BC5

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA42E

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

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