#AFA531#AFA531

#AFA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA531
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -9.79, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 58.85, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0329 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.133 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6900, 36.2472, 8.2323)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA531 #313BAF

analogous

#AF6631 #AFA531 #7AAF31

triadic

#AFA531 #31AFA5 #A531AF

tetradic

#AFA531 #31AF66 #313BAF #AF317A

square

#AFA531 #31AF66 #313BAF #AF317A

split-complementary

#AFA531 #317AAF #6631AF

monochromatic

#4F4B16 #7F7824 #AFA531 #CEC44F #DBD47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AFA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#AFA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA531

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA531	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf71',
    500: '#afa531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa531;
$custom-light: #cabf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70965,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA531

secondary

#787EC4

accent

#54E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA531

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

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