#AFAC27#AFAC27

#AFAC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC27
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -13.87, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 64.72, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0452 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7992, 38.7666, 7.6740)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC27 #272AAF

analogous

#AF6827 #AFAC27 #6EAF27

triadic

#AFAC27 #27AFAC #AC27AF

tetradic

#AFAC27 #27AF68 #272AAF #AF276E

square

#AFAC27 #27AF68 #272AAF #AF276E

split-complementary

#AFAC27 #276EAF #6827AF

monochromatic

#4B4A11 #7D7B1C #AFAC27 #D4D13F #DFDD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AFAC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#AFAC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC27

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC27	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc46d',
    500: '#afac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac27;
$custom-light: #cbc46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC27

secondary

#6B6DC6

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC27

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

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