#AFA53B#AFA53B

#AFA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA53B
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -9.25, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 54.90, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0302 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9250, 36.3412, 9.4697)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA53B #3B45AF

analogous

#AF6B3B #AFA53B #7FAF3B

triadic

#AFA53B #3BAFA5 #A53BAF

tetradic

#AFA53B #3BAF6B #3B45AF #AF3B7F

square

#AFA53B #3BAF6B #3B45AF #AF3B7F

split-complementary

#AFA53B #3B7FAF #6B3BAF

monochromatic

#534F1C #817A2C #AFA53B #C9C05E #D8D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA53B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA53B	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)

#B3A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf77',
    500: '#afa53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa53b;
$custom-light: #cabf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA53B

secondary

#8388C3

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA53B

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

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