#AFAA45#AFAA45

#AFAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.123 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA45
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -11.21, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 52.53, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0347 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.123 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1292, 38.2941, 11.2755)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA45 #454AAF

analogous

#AF7545 #AFAA45 #7FAF45

triadic

#AFAA45 #45AFAA #AA45AF

tetradic

#AFAA45 #45AF75 #454AAF #AF457F

square

#AFAA45 #45AF75 #454AAF #AF457F

split-complementary

#AFAA45 #457FAF #7545AF

monochromatic

#575522 #837F34 #AFAA45 #C5C16C #D6D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AFAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AFAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA45

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA45	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)

#B7A439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.123 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37d',
    500: '#afaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa45;
$custom-light: #c9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72231,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA45

secondary

#8D90C2

accent

#5BD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA45

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

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