#AFAA22#AFAA22

#AFAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.145 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA22
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -13.02, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 65.49, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0433 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.145 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3440, 37.9801, 7.1402)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA22 #2227AF

analogous

#AF6322 #AFAA22 #6DAF22

triadic

#AFAA22 #22AFAA #AA22AF

tetradic

#AFAA22 #22AF63 #2227AF #AF226D

square

#AFAA22 #22AF63 #2227AF #AF226D

split-complementary

#AFAA22 #226DAF #6322AF

monochromatic

#49460E #7C7818 #AFAA22 #D8D236 #E2DE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AFAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA22

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA22	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.145 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc36b',
    500: '#afaa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa22;
$custom-light: #cbc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA22

secondary

#6569C8

accent

#44EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA22

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

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