#AFAA48#AFAA48

#AFAA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAA48
RGB	rgb(175, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -10.99, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 51.18, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0337 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.12 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2247, 38.3323, 11.7784)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAA48 #484DAF

analogous

#AF7648 #AFAA48 #80AF48

triadic

#AFAA48 #48AFAA #AA48AF

tetradic

#AFAA48 #48AF76 #484DAF #AF4880

square

#AFAA48 #48AF76 #484DAF #AF4880

split-complementary

#AFAA48 #4880AF #7648AF

monochromatic

#585624 #848036 #AFAA48 #C4C070 #D6D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AFAA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAA48

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAA48	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c37f',
    500: '#afaa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaa48;
$custom-light: #c9c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAA48

secondary

#9093C2

accent

#5CD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAA48

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

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