#AFA523#AFA523

#AFA523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.141 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA523
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -10.38, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 63.54, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0358 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.141 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4391, 36.1469, 6.9108)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA523 #232DAF

analogous

#AF5F23 #AFA523 #73AF23

triadic

#AFA523 #23AFA5 #A523AF

tetradic

#AFA523 #23AF5F #232DAF #AF2373

square

#AFA523 #23AF5F #232DAF #AF2373

split-complementary

#AFA523 #2373AF #5F23AF

monochromatic

#49450F #7C7519 #AFA523 #D7CC38 #E1D96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AFA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA523

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA523	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.141 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf6a',
    500: '#afa523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa523;
$custom-light: #cbbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA523

secondary

#666DC7

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA523

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

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