#AFA83A#AFA83A

#AFA83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA83A
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -10.88, 55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 56.43, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.035 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.129 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4468, 37.4259, 9.5169)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA83A #3A41AF

analogous

#AF6D3A #AFA83A #7BAF3A

triadic

#AFA83A #3AAFA8 #A83AAF

tetradic

#AFA83A #3AAF6D #3A41AF #AF3A7B

square

#AFA83A #3AAF6D #3A41AF #AF3A7B

split-complementary

#AFA83A #3A7BAF #6D3AAF

monochromatic

#53501C #817C2B #AFA83A #C9C35D #D9D48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AFA83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA83A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA83A	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac176',
    500: '#afa83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa83a;
$custom-light: #cac176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA83A

secondary

#8286C3

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA83A

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

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