#AFA822#AFA822

#AFA822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA822
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -11.98, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 64.82, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0404 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9719, 37.2359, 7.0162)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA822 #2229AF

analogous

#AF6122 #AFA822 #6FAF22

triadic

#AFA822 #22AFA8 #A822AF

tetradic

#AFA822 #22AF61 #2229AF #AF226F

square

#AFA822 #22AF61 #2229AF #AF226F

split-complementary

#AFA822 #226FAF #6122AF

monochromatic

#49460E #7C7718 #AFA822 #D8D036 #E2DC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA822

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA822	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc16a',
    500: '#afa822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa822;
$custom-light: #cbc16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA822

secondary

#656AC8

accent

#46EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA822

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

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