#AFA525#AFA525

#AFA525 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	#AFA525
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -10.31, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 62.94, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0354 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.14 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4697, 36.1591, 7.0717)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA525 #252FAF

analogous

#AF6025 #AFA525 #74AF25

triadic

#AFA525 #25AFA5 #A525AF

tetradic

#AFA525 #25AF60 #252FAF #AF2574

square

#AFA525 #25AF60 #252FAF #AF2574

split-complementary

#AFA525 #2574AF #6025AF

monochromatic

#4A4610 #7C751A #AFA525 #D6CB3C #E0D86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AFA525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA525

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA525	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)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.140 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf6b',
    500: '#afa525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa525;
$custom-light: #cbbf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 65.094,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA525

secondary

#6970C7

accent

#4CE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA525

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

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