#AFAA23#AFAA23

#AFAA23 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	#AFAA23
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.98, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 65.21, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0431 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.145 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3586, 37.9859, 7.2173)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA23 #2328AF

analogous

#AF6423 #AFAA23 #6EAF23

triadic

#AFAA23 #23AFAA #AA23AF

tetradic

#AFAA23 #23AF64 #2328AF #AF236E

square

#AFAA23 #23AF64 #2328AF #AF236E

split-complementary

#AFAA23 #236EAF #6423AF

monochromatic

#49470F #7C7819 #AFAA23 #D7D238 #E1DD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFAA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AFAA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA23

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA23	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)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.145 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc36b',
    500: '#afaa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa23;
$custom-light: #cbc36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71978,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA23

secondary

#666AC7

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA23

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

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