#AFA727#AFA727

#AFA727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA727
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -11.28, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 62.99, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.038 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8655, 36.8991, 7.3628)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA727 #272FAF

analogous

#AF6327 #AFA727 #73AF27

triadic

#AFA727 #27AFA7 #A727AF

tetradic

#AFA727 #27AF63 #272FAF #AF2773

square

#AFA727 #27AF63 #272FAF #AF2773

split-complementary

#AFA727 #2773AF #6327AF

monochromatic

#4B4711 #7D771C #AFA727 #D4CB3F #DFD971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AFA727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#AFA727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA727

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA727	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc06c',
    500: '#afa727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa727;
$custom-light: #cbc06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71339,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA727

secondary

#6B71C6

accent

#4BE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA727

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

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