#AFAA44#AFAA44

#AFAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA44
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -11.28, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 52.97, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.035 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.124 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0984, 38.2818, 11.1134)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA44 #4449AF

analogous

#AF7444 #AFAA44 #7FAF44

triadic

#AFAA44 #44AFAA #AA44AF

tetradic

#AFAA44 #44AF74 #4449AF #AF447F

square

#AFAA44 #44AF74 #4449AF #AF447F

split-complementary

#AFAA44 #447FAF #7444AF

monochromatic

#575422 #837F33 #AFAA44 #C5C16B #D7D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AFAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA44

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA44	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37c',
    500: '#afaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa44;
$custom-light: #c9c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA44

secondary

#8C8FC2

accent

#5AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA44

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

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