#AFAA46#AFAA46

#AFAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA46
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -11.14, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 52.08, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0344 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.122 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1605, 38.3067, 11.4403)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA46 #464BAF

analogous

#AF7546 #AFAA46 #7FAF46

triadic

#AFAA46 #46AFAA #AA46AF

tetradic

#AFAA46 #46AF75 #464BAF #AF467F

square

#AFAA46 #46AF75 #464BAF #AF467F

split-complementary

#AFAA46 #467FAF #7546AF

monochromatic

#585523 #838035 #AFAA46 #C5C16D #D6D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AFAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA46

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA46	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B7A43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37d',
    500: '#afaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa46;
$custom-light: #c9c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA46

secondary

#8E91C2

accent

#5BD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA46

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

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