#AFA927#AFA927

#AFA927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA927
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -12.32, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 63.67, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0409 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2347, 37.6376, 7.4859)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA927 #272DAF

analogous

#AF6527 #AFA927 #71AF27

triadic

#AFA927 #27AFA9 #A927AF

tetradic

#AFA927 #27AF65 #272DAF #AF2771

square

#AFA927 #27AF65 #272DAF #AF2771

split-complementary

#AFA927 #2771AF #6527AF

monochromatic

#4B4811 #7D791C #AFA927 #D4CE3F #DFDA71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AFA927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA927

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA927	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc26d',
    500: '#afa927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa927;
$custom-light: #cbc26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA927

secondary

#6B6FC6

accent

#49E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA927

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

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