#AFA529#AFA529

#AFA529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA529
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -10.15, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 61.67, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0347 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.137 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5359, 36.1856, 7.4208)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA529 #2933AF

analogous

#AF6229 #AFA529 #76AF29

triadic

#AFA529 #29AFA5 #A529AF

tetradic

#AFA529 #29AF62 #2933AF #AF2976

square

#AFA529 #29AF62 #2933AF #AF2976

split-complementary

#AFA529 #2976AF #6229AF

monochromatic

#4C4712 #7D761D #AFA529 #D3C842 #DED674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AFA529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA529

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA529	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf6d',
    500: '#afa529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa529;
$custom-light: #cbbf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA529

secondary

#6E75C6

accent

#4FE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA529

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

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