#AFA840#AFA840

#AFA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA840
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -10.51, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 53.92, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0332 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6084, 37.4905, 10.3682)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA840 #4047AF

analogous

#AF7140 #AFA840 #7FAF40

triadic

#AFA840 #40AFA8 #A840AF

tetradic

#AFA840 #40AF71 #4047AF #AF407F

square

#AFA840 #40AF71 #4047AF #AF407F

split-complementary

#AFA840 #407FAF #7140AF

monochromatic

#55521F #827D30 #AFA840 #C7C165 #D7D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AFA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA840

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA840	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac17a',
    500: '#afa840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa840;
$custom-light: #cac17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA840

secondary

#888CC3

accent

#5AD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA840

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

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