#AFA73B#AFA73B

#AFA73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA73B
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -10.30, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 55.64, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0332 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.128 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2886, 37.0683, 9.5909)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA73B #3B43AF

analogous

#AF6D3B #AFA73B #7DAF3B

triadic

#AFA73B #3BAFA7 #A73BAF

tetradic

#AFA73B #3BAF6D #3B43AF #AF3B7D

square

#AFA73B #3BAF6D #3B43AF #AF3B7D

split-complementary

#AFA73B #3B7DAF #6D3BAF

monochromatic

#53501C #817B2C #AFA73B #C9C15E #D8D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AFA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AFA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA73B

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA73B	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac077',
    500: '#afa73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa73b;
$custom-light: #cac077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71481,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA73B

secondary

#8387C3

accent

#58D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA73B

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

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