#AFA538#AFA538

#AFA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA538
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -9.42, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 56.13, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0311 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.8494, 36.3110, 9.0717)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA538 #3842AF

analogous

#AF6938 #AFA538 #7DAF38

triadic

#AFA538 #38AFA5 #A538AF

tetradic

#AFA538 #38AF69 #3842AF #AF387D

square

#AFA538 #38AF69 #3842AF #AF387D

split-complementary

#AFA538 #387DAF #6938AF

monochromatic

#524E1A #817929 #AFA538 #CAC15A #D9D288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AFA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA538

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA538	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf75',
    500: '#afa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa538;
$custom-light: #cabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA538

secondary

#8085C3

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA538

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

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