#AFA43A#AFA43A

#AFA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA43A
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -8.78, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 54.95, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.029 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7196, 35.9716, 9.2746)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA43A #3A45AF

analogous

#AF693A #AFA43A #7FAF3A

triadic

#AFA43A #3AAFA4 #A43AAF

tetradic

#AFA43A #3AAF69 #3A45AF #AF3A7F

square

#AFA43A #3AAF69 #3A45AF #AF3A7F

split-complementary

#AFA43A #3A7FAF #693AAF

monochromatic

#534E1C #81792B #AFA43A #C9BF5D #D9D18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AFA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#AFA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA43A

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA43A	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)

#B29F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe76',
    500: '#afa43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa43a;
$custom-light: #cabe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA43A

secondary

#8288C3

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA43A

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

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