#AFAA43#AFAA43

#AFAA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA43
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -11.35, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 53.41, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0353 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.124 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0681, 38.2697, 10.9540)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA43 #4348AF

analogous

#AF7443 #AFAA43 #7EAF43

triadic

#AFAA43 #43AFAA #AA43AF

tetradic

#AFAA43 #43AF74 #4348AF #AF437E

square

#AFAA43 #43AF74 #4348AF #AF437E

split-complementary

#AFAA43 #437EAF #7443AF

monochromatic

#565421 #837F32 #AFAA43 #C6C169 #D7D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#AFAA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA43

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA43	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)

#B8A437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac37c',
    500: '#afaa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa43;
$custom-light: #cac37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72211,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA43

secondary

#8B8EC2

accent

#59D453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA43

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

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