#AFA721#AFA721

#AFA721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.143 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA721
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 81.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -11.49, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 64.77, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0391 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.143 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7738, 36.8624, 6.8800)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA721 #2129AF

analogous

#AF6021 #AFA721 #70AF21

triadic

#AFA721 #21AFA7 #A721AF

tetradic

#AFA721 #21AF60 #2129AF #AF2170

square

#AFA721 #21AF60 #2129AF #AF2170

split-complementary

#AFA721 #2170AF #6021AF

monochromatic

#48450E #7C7617 #AFA721 #D9D034 #E3DC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AFA721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AFA721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA721

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA721	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.143 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06a',
    500: '#afa721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa721;
$custom-light: #cbc06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA721

secondary

#6469C8

accent

#47EB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA721

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

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