#AFA823#AFA823

#AFA823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA823
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -11.95, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 64.53, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0402 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9866, 37.2418, 7.0933)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA823 #232AAF

analogous

#AF6223 #AFA823 #70AF23

triadic

#AFA823 #23AFA8 #A823AF

tetradic

#AFA823 #23AF62 #232AAF #AF2370

square

#AFA823 #23AF62 #232AAF #AF2370

split-complementary

#AFA823 #2370AF #6223AF

monochromatic

#49460F #7C7719 #AFA823 #D7CF38 #E1DB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA823

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA823	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)

#BAA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc16b',
    500: '#afa823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa823;
$custom-light: #cbc16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA823

secondary

#666BC7

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA823

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

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