#AFA524#AFA524

#AFA524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.140 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA524
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -10.35, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 63.25, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0356 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4542, 36.1529, 6.9901)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA524 #242EAF

analogous

#AF5F24 #AFA524 #74AF24

triadic

#AFA524 #24AFA5 #A524AF

tetradic

#AFA524 #24AF5F #242EAF #AF2474

square

#AFA524 #24AF5F #242EAF #AF2474

split-complementary

#AFA524 #2474AF #5F24AF

monochromatic

#49450F #7C751A #AFA524 #D6CB3A #E1D86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AFA524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA524

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA524	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)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf6b',
    500: '#afa524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa524;
$custom-light: #cbbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA524

secondary

#686FC7

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA524

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

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