#AFA52E#AFA52E

#AFA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA52E
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -9.94, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 59.95, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0336 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6288, 36.2227, 7.9099)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA52E #2E38AF

analogous

#AF642E #AFA52E #78AF2E

triadic

#AFA52E #2EAFA5 #A52EAF

tetradic

#AFA52E #2EAF64 #2E38AF #AF2E78

square

#AFA52E #2EAF64 #2E38AF #AF2E78

split-complementary

#AFA52E #2E78AF #642EAF

monochromatic

#4E4A15 #7F7721 #AFA52E #D0C54B #DCD57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AFA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA52E

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA52E	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)

#B49F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf6f',
    500: '#afa52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa52e;
$custom-light: #cabf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA52E

secondary

#747AC5

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA52E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →