#AFA43B#AFA43B

#AFA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA43B
RGB	rgb(175, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -8.72, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 54.53, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0287 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7453, 35.9819, 9.4098)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA43B #3B46AF

analogous

#AF6A3B #AFA43B #80AF3B

triadic

#AFA43B #3BAFA4 #A43BAF

tetradic

#AFA43B #3BAF6A #3B46AF #AF3B80

square

#AFA43B #3BAF6A #3B46AF #AF3B80

split-complementary

#AFA43B #3B80AF #6A3BAF

monochromatic

#534E1C #81792C #AFA43B #C9BF5E #D8D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AFA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AFA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA43B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA43B	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe76',
    500: '#afa43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa43b;
$custom-light: #cabe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70827,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA43B

secondary

#8389C3

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA43B

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

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