#AFA62B#AFA62B

#AFA62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA62B
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -10.59, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 61.34, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0357 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.137 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7528, 36.5621, 7.6696)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA62B #2B34AF

analogous

#AF642B #AFA62B #76AF2B

triadic

#AFA62B #2BAFA6 #A62BAF

tetradic

#AFA62B #2BAF64 #2B34AF #AF2B76

square

#AFA62B #2BAF64 #2B34AF #AF2B76

split-complementary

#AFA62B #2B76AF #642BAF

monochromatic

#4D4913 #7E771F #AFA62B #D1C846 #DED777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AFA62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA62B

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA62B	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)

#B5A011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06e',
    500: '#afa62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa62b;
$custom-light: #cbc06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA62B

secondary

#7076C5

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA62B

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

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