#AFA53D#AFA53D

#AFA53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA53D
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 65.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -9.12, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 54.06, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0297 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9779, 36.3624, 9.7482)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA53D #3D47AF

analogous

#AF6C3D #AFA53D #80AF3D

triadic

#AFA53D #3DAFA5 #A53DAF

tetradic

#AFA53D #3DAF6C #3D47AF #AF3D80

square

#AFA53D #3DAF6C #3D47AF #AF3D80

split-complementary

#AFA53D #3D80AF #6C3DAF

monochromatic

#544F1D #827A2D #AFA53D #C8BF61 #D8D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA53D

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA53D	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)

#B3A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf78',
    500: '#afa53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa53d;
$custom-light: #cabf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 48.305,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA53D

secondary

#858BC3

accent

#5CD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA53D

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

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