#AFA62A#AFA62A

#AFA62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA62A
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -10.64, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 61.67, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0359 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7347, 36.5548, 7.5742)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA62A #2A33AF

analogous

#AF642A #AFA62A #75AF2A

triadic

#AFA62A #2AAFA6 #A62AAF

tetradic

#AFA62A #2AAF64 #2A33AF #AF2A75

square

#AFA62A #2AAF64 #2A33AF #AF2A75

split-complementary

#AFA62A #2A75AF #642AAF

monochromatic

#4C4812 #7E771E #AFA62A #D2C944 #DED775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AFA62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA62A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA62A	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)

#B5A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06e',
    500: '#afa62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa62a;
$custom-light: #cbc06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71137,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA62A

secondary

#6F75C6

accent

#4EE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA62A

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

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