#AFAB31#AFAB31

#AFAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAB31
RGB	rgb(175, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -12.92, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 61.02, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0417 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7977, 38.4626, 8.6015)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAB31 #3135AF

analogous

#AF6C31 #AFAB31 #74AF31

triadic

#AFAB31 #31AFAB #AB31AF

tetradic

#AFAB31 #31AF6C #3135AF #AF3174

square

#AFAB31 #31AF6C #3135AF #AF3174

split-complementary

#AFAB31 #3174AF #6C31AF

monochromatic

#4F4E16 #7F7C24 #AFAB31 #CECA4F #DBD87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AFAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#AFAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAB31

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAB31	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac372',
    500: '#afab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afab31;
$custom-light: #cac372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAB31

secondary

#787AC4

accent

#4DE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAB31

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

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