#AFA53C#AFA53C

#AFA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA53C
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -9.19, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 54.48, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.03 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.125 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9512, 36.3517, 9.6076)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA53C #3C46AF

analogous

#AF6B3C #AFA53C #7FAF3C

triadic

#AFA53C #3CAFA5 #A53CAF

tetradic

#AFA53C #3CAF6B #3C46AF #AF3C7F

square

#AFA53C #3CAF6B #3C46AF #AF3C7F

split-complementary

#AFA53C #3C7FAF #6B3CAF

monochromatic

#544F1D #817A2C #AFA53C #C8BF60 #D8D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA53C

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA53C	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)

#B3A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf77',
    500: '#afa53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa53c;
$custom-light: #cabf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA53C

secondary

#8489C3

accent

#5BD84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA53C

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

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