#AFAA31#AFAA31

#AFAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA31
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -12.40, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 60.65, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0402 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(32.6096, 38.0863, 8.5388)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA31 #3136AF

analogous

#AF6B31 #AFAA31 #75AF31

triadic

#AFAA31 #31AFAA #AA31AF

tetradic

#AFAA31 #31AF6B #3136AF #AF3175

square

#AFAA31 #31AF6B #3136AF #AF3175

split-complementary

#AFAA31 #3175AF #6B31AF

monochromatic

#4F4D16 #7F7C24 #AFAA31 #CEC94F #DBD87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AFAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#AFAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA31

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA31	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#afaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa31;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA31

secondary

#787BC4

accent

#4EE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA31

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

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