#AFA83E#AFA83E

#AFA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA83E
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -10.63, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 54.77, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0338 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5525, 37.4682, 10.0738)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA83E #3E45AF

analogous

#AF703E #AFA83E #7EAF3E

triadic

#AFA83E #3EAFA8 #A83EAF

tetradic

#AFA83E #3EAF70 #3E45AF #AF3E7E

square

#AFA83E #3EAF70 #3E45AF #AF3E7E

split-complementary

#AFA83E #3E7EAF #703EAF

monochromatic

#55511E #827D2E #AFA83E #C8C163 #D8D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#AFA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA83E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA83E	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)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac179',
    500: '#afa83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa83e;
$custom-light: #cac179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA83E

secondary

#868AC3

accent

#59D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA83E

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

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