#AFA621#AFA621

#AFA621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA621
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 81.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -10.97, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 64.44, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0376 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5913, 36.4975, 6.8192)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA621 #212AAF

analogous

#AF5F21 #AFA621 #71AF21

triadic

#AFA621 #21AFA6 #A621AF

tetradic

#AFA621 #21AF5F #212AAF #AF2171

square

#AFA621 #21AF5F #212AAF #AF2171

split-complementary

#AFA621 #2171AF #5F21AF

monochromatic

#48440E #7C7517 #AFA621 #D9CE34 #E3DB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#AFA621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA621

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA621	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06a',
    500: '#afa621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa621;
$custom-light: #cbc06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71089,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA621

secondary

#646AC8

accent

#48EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA621

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

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