#AFA62C#AFA62C

#AFA62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA62C
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 74.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -10.55, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 60.99, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0355 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.7714, 36.5695, 7.7674)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA62C #2C35AF

analogous

#AF642C #AFA62C #76AF2C

triadic

#AFA62C #2CAFA6 #A62CAF

tetradic

#AFA62C #2CAF64 #2C35AF #AF2C76

square

#AFA62C #2CAF64 #2C35AF #AF2C76

split-complementary

#AFA62C #2C76AF #642CAF

monochromatic

#4D4913 #7E7820 #AFA62C #D1C747 #DDD678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AFA62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA62C

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA62C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06f',
    500: '#afa62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa62c;
$custom-light: #cbc06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7115,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA62C

secondary

#7277C5

accent

#50E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA62C

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

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