#AFA540#AFA540

#AFA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA540
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -8.93, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 52.77, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0288 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.122 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0609, 36.3956, 10.1857)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA540 #404AAF

analogous

#AF6E40 #AFA540 #82AF40

triadic

#AFA540 #40AFA5 #A540AF

tetradic

#AFA540 #40AF6E #404AAF #AF4082

square

#AFA540 #40AF6E #404AAF #AF4082

split-complementary

#AFA540 #4082AF #6E40AF

monochromatic

#55501F #827B30 #AFA540 #C7BE65 #D7D192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AFA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA540

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA540	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf79',
    500: '#afa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa540;
$custom-light: #cabf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA540

secondary

#888EC3

accent

#5ED652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA540

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

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