#AFA539#AFA539

#AFA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA539
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -9.36, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 55.72, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0308 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.8741, 36.3209, 9.2018)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA539 #3943AF

analogous

#AF6A39 #AFA539 #7EAF39

triadic

#AFA539 #39AFA5 #A539AF

tetradic

#AFA539 #39AF6A #3943AF #AF397E

square

#AFA539 #39AF6A #3943AF #AF397E

split-complementary

#AFA539 #397EAF #6A39AF

monochromatic

#534E1B #81792A #AFA539 #CAC05B #D9D28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#AFA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA539

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA539	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)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf75',
    500: '#afa539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa539;
$custom-light: #cabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA539

secondary

#8186C3

accent

#59DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA539

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

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