#AFAA36#AFAA36

#AFAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA36
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -12.14, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 58.77, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.039 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.134 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7210, 38.1309, 9.1257)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA36 #363BAF

analogous

#AF6E36 #AFAA36 #77AF36

triadic

#AFAA36 #36AFAA #AA36AF

tetradic

#AFAA36 #36AF6E #363BAF #AF3677

square

#AFAA36 #36AF6E #363BAF #AF3677

split-complementary

#AFAA36 #3677AF #6E36AF

monochromatic

#514F19 #807D28 #AFAA36 #CBC657 #DAD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AFAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA36

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA36	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac374',
    500: '#afaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa36;
$custom-light: #cac374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA36

secondary

#7D80C3

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA36

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

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