#AFA939#AFA939

#AFA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA939
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -11.46, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 57.21, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0367 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6069, 37.7864, 9.4460)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA939 #393FAF

analogous

#AF6E39 #AFA939 #7AAF39

triadic

#AFA939 #39AFA9 #A939AF

tetradic

#AFA939 #39AF6E #393FAF #AF397A

square

#AFA939 #39AF6E #393FAF #AF397A

split-complementary

#AFA939 #397AAF #6E39AF

monochromatic

#53501B #817C2A #AFA939 #CAC45B #D9D58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AFA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA939

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA939	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac276',
    500: '#afa939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa939;
$custom-light: #cac276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71902,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA939

secondary

#8184C3

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA939

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

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