#AFA836#AFA836

#AFA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.132 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA836
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -11.10, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 58.03, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.036 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.132 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3489, 37.3867, 9.0017)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA836 #363DAF

analogous

#AF6C36 #AFA836 #79AF36

triadic

#AFA836 #36AFA8 #A836AF

tetradic

#AFA836 #36AF6C #363DAF #AF3679

square

#AFA836 #36AF6C #363DAF #AF3679

split-complementary

#AFA836 #3679AF #6C36AF

monochromatic

#514E19 #807B28 #AFA836 #CBC457 #DAD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AFA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AFA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA836

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA836	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.132 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac174',
    500: '#afa836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa836;
$custom-light: #cac174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA836

secondary

#7D81C3

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA836

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

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