#AFA72D#AFA72D

#AFA72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA72D
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -11.03, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 60.99, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0367 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9729, 36.9421, 7.9285)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA72D #2D35AF

analogous

#AF662D #AFA72D #76AF2D

triadic

#AFA72D #2DAFA7 #A72DAF

tetradic

#AFA72D #2DAF66 #2D35AF #AF2D76

square

#AFA72D #2DAF66 #2D35AF #AF2D76

split-complementary

#AFA72D #2D76AF #662DAF

monochromatic

#4E4A14 #7E7920 #AFA72D #D0C849 #DDD77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AFA72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#AFA72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA72D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA72D	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac06f',
    500: '#afa72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa72d;
$custom-light: #cac06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA72D

secondary

#7378C5

accent

#4FE246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA72D

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

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