#AFA438#AFA438

#AFA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA438
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -8.90, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 55.77, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0296 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.127 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6697, 35.9517, 9.0118)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA438 #3843AF

analogous

#AF6938 #AFA438 #7EAF38

triadic

#AFA438 #38AFA4 #A438AF

tetradic

#AFA438 #38AF69 #3843AF #AF387E

square

#AFA438 #38AF69 #3843AF #AF387E

split-complementary

#AFA438 #387EAF #6938AF

monochromatic

#524D1A #817929 #AFA438 #CAC05A #D9D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AFA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AFA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA438

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA438	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe75',
    500: '#afa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa438;
$custom-light: #cabe75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70801,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA438

secondary

#8086C3

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA438

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

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