#AFA740#AFA740

#AFA740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA740
RGB	rgb(175, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -9.98, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 53.53, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0318 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4245, 37.1227, 10.3069)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA740 #4048AF

analogous

#AF7040 #AFA740 #80AF40

triadic

#AFA740 #40AFA7 #A740AF

tetradic

#AFA740 #40AF70 #4048AF #AF4080

square

#AFA740 #40AF70 #4048AF #AF4080

split-complementary

#AFA740 #4080AF #7040AF

monochromatic

#55511F #827C30 #AFA740 #C7C065 #D7D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#AFA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA740

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA740	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac07a',
    500: '#afa740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa740;
$custom-light: #cac07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71526,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA740

secondary

#888CC3

accent

#5BD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA740

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

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