#AFA842#AFA842

#AFA842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.123 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA842
RGB	rgb(175, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -10.37, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 53.05, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0326 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.123 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6663, 37.5137, 10.6733)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA842 #4249AF

analogous

#AF7242 #AFA842 #7FAF42

triadic

#AFA842 #42AFA8 #A842AF

tetradic

#AFA842 #42AF72 #4249AF #AF427F

square

#AFA842 #42AF72 #4249AF #AF427F

split-complementary

#AFA842 #427FAF #7242AF

monochromatic

#565320 #837D31 #AFA842 #C6C068 #D7D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AFA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#AFA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA842

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA842	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.123 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac17b',
    500: '#afa842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa842;
$custom-light: #cac17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA842

secondary

#8A8EC2

accent

#5BD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA842

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

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