#AFAA37#AFAA37

#AFAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA37
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -12.09, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 58.38, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0387 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7447, 38.1404, 9.2507)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA37 #373CAF

analogous

#AF6E37 #AFAA37 #78AF37

triadic

#AFAA37 #37AFAA #AA37AF

tetradic

#AFAA37 #37AF6E #373CAF #AF3778

square

#AFAA37 #37AF6E #373CAF #AF3778

split-complementary

#AFAA37 #3778AF #6E37AF

monochromatic

#52501A #807D28 #AFAA37 #CBC659 #D9D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AFAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA37

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA37	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac375',
    500: '#afaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa37;
$custom-light: #cac375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA37

secondary

#7F81C3

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA37

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

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