#AFAA38#AFAA38

#AFAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.133 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA38
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -12.03, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 57.99, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0385 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.133 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7689, 38.1500, 9.3782)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA38 #383DAF

analogous

#AF6E38 #AFAA38 #78AF38

triadic

#AFAA38 #38AFAA #AA38AF

tetradic

#AFAA38 #38AF6E #383DAF #AF3878

square

#AFAA38 #38AF6E #383DAF #AF3878

split-complementary

#AFAA38 #3878AF #6E38AF

monochromatic

#52501A #817D29 #AFAA38 #CAC55A #D9D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AFAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA38

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA38	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)

#B8A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.133 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac375',
    500: '#afaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa38;
$custom-light: #cac375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA38

secondary

#8082C3

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA38

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

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