#AFAA3B#AFAA3B

#AFAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA3B
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -11.86, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 56.79, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0376 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.131 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8445, 38.1803, 9.7762)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA3B #3B40AF

analogous

#AF703B #AFAA3B #7AAF3B

triadic

#AFAA3B #3BAFAA #AA3BAF

tetradic

#AFAA3B #3BAF70 #3B40AF #AF3B7A

square

#AFAA3B #3BAF70 #3B40AF #AF3B7A

split-complementary

#AFAA3B #3B7AAF #703BAF

monochromatic

#53511C #817E2C #AFAA3B #C9C45E #D8D58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AFAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA3B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA3B	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac377',
    500: '#afaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa3b;
$custom-light: #cac377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA3B

secondary

#8386C3

accent

#55D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA3B

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

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