#AFAA41#AFAA41

#AFAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA41
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -11.48, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 54.27, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0359 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.126 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0092, 38.2461, 10.6434)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA41 #4146AF

analogous

#AF7341 #AFAA41 #7DAF41

triadic

#AFAA41 #41AFAA #AA41AF

tetradic

#AFAA41 #41AF73 #4146AF #AF417D

square

#AFAA41 #41AF73 #4146AF #AF417D

split-complementary

#AFAA41 #417DAF #7341AF

monochromatic

#565320 #827F30 #AFAA41 #C6C267 #D7D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AFAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA41

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA41	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac37a',
    500: '#afaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa41;
$custom-light: #cac37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA41

secondary

#898CC2

accent

#58D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA41

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

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