#AFA62E#AFA62E

#AFA62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA62E
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -10.46, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 60.29, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.035 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(31.8099, 36.5849, 7.9702)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA62E #2E37AF

analogous

#AF652E #AFA62E #77AF2E

triadic

#AFA62E #2EAFA6 #A62EAF

tetradic

#AFA62E #2EAF65 #2E37AF #AF2E77

square

#AFA62E #2EAF65 #2E37AF #AF2E77

split-complementary

#AFA62E #2E77AF #652EAF

monochromatic

#4E4A15 #7F7821 #AFA62E #D0C64B #DCD67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AFA62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#AFA62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA62E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA62E	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac070',
    500: '#afa62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa62e;
$custom-light: #cac070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.36584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA62E

secondary

#747AC5

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA62E

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

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