#AFA936#AFA936

#AFA936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA936
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -11.62, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 58.40, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0375 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5343, 37.7574, 9.0635)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA936 #363CAF

analogous

#AF6D36 #AFA936 #78AF36

triadic

#AFA936 #36AFA9 #A936AF

tetradic

#AFA936 #36AF6D #363CAF #AF3678

square

#AFA936 #36AF6D #363CAF #AF3678

split-complementary

#AFA936 #3678AF #6D36AF

monochromatic

#514F19 #807C28 #AFA936 #CBC557 #DAD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AFA936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AFA936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA936

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA936	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac274',
    500: '#afa936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa936;
$custom-light: #cac274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71878,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA936

secondary

#7D81C3

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA936

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

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