#AFA940#AFA940

#AFA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA940
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -11.03, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 54.31, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0347 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.126 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.7937, 37.8612, 10.4300)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA940 #4046AF

analogous

#AF7240 #AFA940 #7EAF40

triadic

#AFA940 #40AFA9 #A940AF

tetradic

#AFA940 #40AF72 #4046AF #AF407E

square

#AFA940 #40AF72 #4046AF #AF407E

split-complementary

#AFA940 #407EAF #7240AF

monochromatic

#55521F #827E30 #AFA940 #C7C265 #D7D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AFA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#AFA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA940

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA940	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac27a',
    500: '#afa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa940;
$custom-light: #cac27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA940

secondary

#888BC3

accent

#59D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA940

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

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