#AFA537#AFA537

#AFA537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA537
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -9.48, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 56.53, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0313 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8252, 36.3013, 8.9441)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA537 #3741AF

analogous

#AF6937 #AFA537 #7DAF37

triadic

#AFA537 #37AFA5 #A537AF

tetradic

#AFA537 #37AF69 #3741AF #AF377D

square

#AFA537 #37AF69 #3741AF #AF377D

split-complementary

#AFA537 #377DAF #6937AF

monochromatic

#524D1A #807928 #AFA537 #CBC159 #D9D287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AFA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA537

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA537	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf74',
    500: '#afa537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa537;
$custom-light: #cabf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA537

secondary

#7F84C3

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA537

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

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