#AFA827#AFA827

#AFA827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA827
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -11.80, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 63.33, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0394 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0494, 37.2669, 7.4241)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA827 #272EAF

analogous

#AF6427 #AFA827 #72AF27

triadic

#AFA827 #27AFA8 #A827AF

tetradic

#AFA827 #27AF64 #272EAF #AF2772

square

#AFA827 #27AF64 #272EAF #AF2772

split-complementary

#AFA827 #2772AF #6427AF

monochromatic

#4B4811 #7D781C #AFA827 #D4CD3F #DFDA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AFA827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA827

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA827	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B7A203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc16d',
    500: '#afa827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa827;
$custom-light: #cbc16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.14125,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA827

secondary

#6B70C6

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA827

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

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