#AFA824#AFA824

#AFA824 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	#AFA824
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -11.91, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 64.24, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.04 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0016, 37.2478, 7.1726)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA824 #242BAF

analogous

#AF6324 #AFA824 #71AF24

triadic

#AFA824 #24AFA8 #A824AF

tetradic

#AFA824 #24AF63 #242BAF #AF2471

square

#AFA824 #24AF63 #242BAF #AF2471

split-complementary

#AFA824 #2471AF #6324AF

monochromatic

#49470F #7C771A #AFA824 #D6CF3A #E1DB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA824

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA824	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: #afa824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc16b',
    500: '#afa824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa824;
$custom-light: #cbc16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71543,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA824

secondary

#686CC7

accent

#48E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA824

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

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