#AFA542#AFA542

#AFA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA542
RGB	rgb(175, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -8.80, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 51.89, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0282 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.12 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1189, 36.4188, 10.4909)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA542 #424CAF

analogous

#AF6E42 #AFA542 #83AF42

triadic

#AFA542 #42AFA5 #A542AF

tetradic

#AFA542 #42AF6E #424CAF #AF4283

square

#AFA542 #42AF6E #424CAF #AF4283

split-complementary

#AFA542 #4283AF #6E42AF

monochromatic

#565120 #837B31 #AFA542 #C6BD68 #D7D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#AFA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#AFA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA542

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA542	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabf7b',
    500: '#afa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa542;
$custom-light: #cabf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA542

secondary

#8A8FC2

accent

#5FD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA542

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

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