#AFA642#AFA642

#AFA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA642
RGB	rgb(175, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -9.32, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 52.27, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0297 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2999, 36.7809, 10.5512)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA642 #424BAF

analogous

#AF7042 #AFA642 #81AF42

triadic

#AFA642 #42AFA6 #A642AF

tetradic

#AFA642 #42AF70 #424BAF #AF4281

square

#AFA642 #42AF70 #424BAF #AF4281

split-complementary

#AFA642 #4281AF #7042AF

monochromatic

#565220 #837C31 #AFA642 #C6BE68 #D7D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AFA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#AFA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA642

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA642	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac07b',
    500: '#afa642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa642;
$custom-light: #cac07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA642

secondary

#8A8FC2

accent

#5ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA642

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

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