#AFA825#AFA825

#AFA825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA825
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 78.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -11.87, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 63.94, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0398 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0171, 37.2540, 7.2541)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA825 #252CAF

analogous

#AF6325 #AFA825 #71AF25

triadic

#AFA825 #25AFA8 #A825AF

tetradic

#AFA825 #25AF63 #252CAF #AF2571

square

#AFA825 #25AF63 #252CAF #AF2571

split-complementary

#AFA825 #2571AF #6325AF

monochromatic

#4A4710 #7C781A #AFA825 #D6CE3C #E0DB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AFA825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA825

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA825	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)

#BAA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc16c',
    500: '#afa825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa825;
$custom-light: #cbc16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 65.094,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA825

secondary

#696EC7

accent

#48E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA825

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

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