#AFAC40#AFAC40

#AFAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC40
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -12.59, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 55.50, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0391 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.129 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3582, 38.9902, 10.6182)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC40 #4043AF

analogous

#AF7440 #AFAC40 #7BAF40

triadic

#AFAC40 #40AFAC #AC40AF

tetradic

#AFAC40 #40AF74 #4043AF #AF407B

square

#AFAC40 #40AF74 #4043AF #AF407B

split-complementary

#AFAC40 #407BAF #7440AF

monochromatic

#55541F #828030 #AFAC40 #C7C465 #D7D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AFAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC40

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC40	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac47a',
    500: '#afac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac40;
$custom-light: #cac47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC40

secondary

#888AC3

accent

#55D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC40

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

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