#AFAC38#AFAC38

#AFAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC38
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -13.07, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 58.76, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0414 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.135 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1467, 38.9056, 9.5041)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC38 #383BAF

analogous

#AF7038 #AFAC38 #77AF38

triadic

#AFAC38 #38AFAC #AC38AF

tetradic

#AFAC38 #38AF70 #383BAF #AF3877

square

#AFAC38 #38AF70 #383BAF #AF3877

split-complementary

#AFAC38 #3877AF #7038AF

monochromatic

#52511A #817E29 #AFAC38 #CAC75A #D9D788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AFAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC38

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac475',
    500: '#afac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac38;
$custom-light: #cac475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC38

secondary

#8081C3

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC38

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

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