#AFAC42#AFAC42

#AFAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAC42
RGB	rgb(175, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -12.46, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 54.65, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0386 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.127 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4162, 39.0134, 10.9233)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAC42 #4245AF

analogous

#AF7642 #AFAC42 #7BAF42

triadic

#AFAC42 #42AFAC #AC42AF

tetradic

#AFAC42 #42AF76 #4245AF #AF427B

square

#AFAC42 #42AF76 #4245AF #AF427B

split-complementary

#AFAC42 #427BAF #7642AF

monochromatic

#565520 #838031 #AFAC42 #C6C468 #D7D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AFAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#AFAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAC42

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAC42	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)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac47b',
    500: '#afac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afac42;
$custom-light: #cac47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7264,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAC42

secondary

#8A8CC2

accent

#56D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAC42

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

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