#AFAA3E#AFAA3E

#AFAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA3E
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -11.68, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 55.55, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0368 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9246, 38.2123, 10.1979)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA3E #3E43AF

analogous

#AF723E #AFAA3E #7CAF3E

triadic

#AFAA3E #3EAFAA #AA3EAF

tetradic

#AFAA3E #3EAF72 #3E43AF #AF3E7C

square

#AFAA3E #3EAF72 #3E43AF #AF3E7C

split-complementary

#AFAA3E #3E7CAF #723EAF

monochromatic

#55521E #827E2E #AFAA3E #C8C363 #D8D490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#AFAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA3E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA3E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac379',
    500: '#afaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa3e;
$custom-light: #cac379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72164,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA3E

secondary

#8689C3

accent

#56D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA3E

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

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