#AFA931#AFA931

#AFA931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA931
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -11.88, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 60.28, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0387 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4228, 37.7128, 8.4765)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA931 #3137AF

analogous

#AF6A31 #AFA931 #76AF31

triadic

#AFA931 #31AFA9 #A931AF

tetradic

#AFA931 #31AF6A #3137AF #AF3176

square

#AFA931 #31AF6A #3137AF #AF3176

split-complementary

#AFA931 #3176AF #6A31AF

monochromatic

#4F4D16 #7F7B24 #AFA931 #CEC84F #DBD77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#AFA931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA931

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA931	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac271',
    500: '#afa931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa931;
$custom-light: #cac271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71841,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA931

secondary

#787BC4

accent

#4FE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA931

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

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