#AFA938#AFA938

#AFA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.132 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA938
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -11.51, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 57.61, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.037 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5822, 37.7765, 9.3159)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA938 #383EAF

analogous

#AF6E38 #AFA938 #79AF38

triadic

#AFA938 #38AFA9 #A938AF

tetradic

#AFA938 #38AF6E #383EAF #AF3879

square

#AFA938 #38AF6E #383EAF #AF3879

split-complementary

#AFA938 #3879AF #6E38AF

monochromatic

#524F1A #817C29 #AFA938 #CAC55A #D9D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#AFA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA938

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA938	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac275',
    500: '#afa938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa938;
$custom-light: #cac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.13181,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA938

secondary

#8083C3

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA938

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

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