#AFAA27#AFAA27

#AFAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA27
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -12.84, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 64.02, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0423 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.143 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4215, 38.0110, 7.5481)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA27 #272CAF

analogous

#AF6627 #AFAA27 #70AF27

triadic

#AFAA27 #27AFAA #AA27AF

tetradic

#AFAA27 #27AF66 #272CAF #AF2770

square

#AFAA27 #27AF66 #272CAF #AF2770

split-complementary

#AFAA27 #2770AF #6627AF

monochromatic

#4B4911 #7D791C #AFAA27 #D4CF3F #DFDB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AFAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA27

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA27	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)

#B9A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc36d',
    500: '#afaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa27;
$custom-light: #cbc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71999,
    "c": 0.14311,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA27

secondary

#6B6FC6

accent

#47E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA27

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

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