#AFA53A#AFA53A

#AFA53A 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 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA53A
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -9.31, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 55.31, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0305 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.127 104)
XYZ	xyz(31.8993, 36.3309, 9.3344)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA53A #3A44AF

analogous

#AF6A3A #AFA53A #7EAF3A

triadic

#AFA53A #3AAFA5 #A53AAF

tetradic

#AFA53A #3AAF6A #3A44AF #AF3A7E

square

#AFA53A #3AAF6A #3A44AF #AF3A7E

split-complementary

#AFA53A #3A7EAF #6A3AAF

monochromatic

#534E1C #817A2B #AFA53A #C9C05D #D9D28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA53A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA53A	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf76',
    500: '#afa53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa53a;
$custom-light: #cabf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA53A

secondary

#8287C3

accent

#5ADA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA53A

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

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