#AFAA3A#AFAA3A

#AFAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA3A
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -11.92, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 57.19, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0379 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8188, 38.1700, 9.6410)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA3A #3A3FAF

analogous

#AF6F3A #AFAA3A #79AF3A

triadic

#AFAA3A #3AAFAA #AA3AAF

tetradic

#AFAA3A #3AAF6F #3A3FAF #AF3A79

square

#AFAA3A #3AAF6F #3A3FAF #AF3A79

split-complementary

#AFAA3A #3A79AF #6F3AAF

monochromatic

#53511C #817D2B #AFAA3A #C9C55D #D9D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AFAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA3A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA3A	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)

#B8A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac376',
    500: '#afaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa3a;
$custom-light: #cac376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72129,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA3A

secondary

#8285C3

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA3A

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

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