#AFA535#AFA535

#AFA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA535
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -9.59, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 57.32, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0319 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7782, 36.2825, 8.6968)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA535 #353FAF

analogous

#AF6835 #AFA535 #7CAF35

triadic

#AFA535 #35AFA5 #A535AF

tetradic

#AFA535 #35AF68 #353FAF #AF357C

square

#AFA535 #35AF68 #353FAF #AF357C

split-complementary

#AFA535 #357CAF #6835AF

monochromatic

#514C19 #807927 #AFA535 #CCC256 #DAD385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AFA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA535

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA535	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf73',
    500: '#afa535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa535;
$custom-light: #cabf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70995,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA535

secondary

#7C82C4

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA535

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

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