#AFA53E#AFA53E

#AFA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.123 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA53E
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -9.06, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 53.63, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0294 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.123 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0050, 36.3732, 9.8914)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA53E #3E48AF

analogous

#AF6D3E #AFA53E #81AF3E

triadic

#AFA53E #3EAFA5 #A53EAF

tetradic

#AFA53E #3EAF6D #3E48AF #AF3E81

square

#AFA53E #3EAF6D #3E48AF #AF3E81

split-complementary

#AFA53E #3E81AF #6D3EAF

monochromatic

#55501E #827A2E #AFA53E #C8BF63 #D8D190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#AFA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA53E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA53E	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)

#B3A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.123 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf78',
    500: '#afa53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa53e;
$custom-light: #cabf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71072,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA53E

secondary

#868CC3

accent

#5CD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA53E

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

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