#AFA83B#AFA83B

#AFA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA83B
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -10.82, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 56.02, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0347 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.129 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4725, 37.4361, 9.6522)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA83B #3B42AF

analogous

#AF6E3B #AFA83B #7CAF3B

triadic

#AFA83B #3BAFA8 #A83BAF

tetradic

#AFA83B #3BAF6E #3B42AF #AF3B7C

square

#AFA83B #3BAF6E #3B42AF #AF3B7C

split-complementary

#AFA83B #3B7CAF #6E3BAF

monochromatic

#53501C #817C2C #AFA83B #C9C25E #D8D48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AFA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA83B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA83B	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac177',
    500: '#afa83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa83b;
$custom-light: #cac177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA83B

secondary

#8387C3

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA83B

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

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