#AFAC3B#AFAC3B

#AFAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.133 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC3B
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -12.90, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 57.57, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0406 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.133 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2223, 38.9358, 9.9022)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC3B #3B3EAF

analogous

#AF723B #AFAC3B #78AF3B

triadic

#AFAC3B #3BAFAC #AC3BAF

tetradic

#AFAC3B #3BAF72 #3B3EAF #AF3B78

square

#AFAC3B #3BAF72 #3B3EAF #AF3B78

split-complementary

#AFAC3B #3B78AF #723BAF

monochromatic

#53521C #817F2C #AFAC3B #C9C65E #D8D68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AFAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC3B

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC3B	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.133 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac477',
    500: '#afac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac3b;
$custom-light: #cac477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC3B

secondary

#8385C3

accent

#52D94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC3B

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

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