#AFA831#AFA831

#AFA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA831
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -11.36, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 59.92, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0373 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.2375, 37.3422, 8.4148)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA831 #3138AF

analogous

#AF6931 #AFA831 #77AF31

triadic

#AFA831 #31AFA8 #A831AF

tetradic

#AFA831 #31AF69 #3138AF #AF3177

square

#AFA831 #31AF69 #3138AF #AF3177

split-complementary

#AFA831 #3177AF #6931AF

monochromatic

#4F4C16 #7F7A24 #AFA831 #CEC74F #DBD67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#AFA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA831

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA831	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac171',
    500: '#afa831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa831;
$custom-light: #cac171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71621,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA831

secondary

#787CC4

accent

#51E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA831

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

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