#AFA923#AFA923

#AFA923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.144 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA923
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -12.47, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 64.87, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0416 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.144 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1719, 37.6124, 7.1550)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA923 #2329AF

analogous

#AF6323 #AFA923 #6FAF23

triadic

#AFA923 #23AFA9 #A923AF

tetradic

#AFA923 #23AF63 #2329AF #AF236F

square

#AFA923 #23AF63 #2329AF #AF236F

split-complementary

#AFA923 #236FAF #6323AF

monochromatic

#49460F #7C7819 #AFA923 #D7D038 #E1DC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AFA923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA923

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA923	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc26b',
    500: '#afa923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa923;
$custom-light: #cbc26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA923

secondary

#666AC7

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA923

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

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