#AFAC36#AFAC36

#AFAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC36
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -13.18, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 59.53, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0419 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0988, 38.8864, 9.2516)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC36 #3639AF

analogous

#AF6F36 #AFAC36 #76AF36

triadic

#AFAC36 #36AFAC #AC36AF

tetradic

#AFAC36 #36AF6F #3639AF #AF3676

square

#AFAC36 #36AF6F #3639AF #AF3676

split-complementary

#AFAC36 #3676AF #6F36AF

monochromatic

#515019 #807E28 #AFAC36 #CBC857 #DAD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AFAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC36

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC36	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac474',
    500: '#afac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac36;
$custom-light: #cac474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72537,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC36

secondary

#7D7FC3

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC36

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

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