#AFA626#AFA626

#AFA626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA626
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -10.79, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 62.96, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0367 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.14 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6667, 36.5276, 7.2158)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA626 #262FAF

analogous

#AF6126 #AFA626 #74AF26

triadic

#AFA626 #26AFA6 #A626AF

tetradic

#AFA626 #26AF61 #262FAF #AF2674

square

#AFA626 #26AF61 #262FAF #AF2674

split-complementary

#AFA626 #2674AF #6126AF

monochromatic

#4A4710 #7D761B #AFA626 #D5CB3D #E0D870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AFA626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA626

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA626	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06c',
    500: '#afa626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa626;
$custom-light: #cbc06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA626

secondary

#6A70C7

accent

#4BE740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA626

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

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