#AFAD22#AFAD22

#AFAD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.148 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD22
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.56, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 66.52, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0476 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.148 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9128, 39.1177, 7.3298)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD22 #2224AF

analogous

#AF6622 #AFAD22 #6AAF22

triadic

#AFAD22 #22AFAD #AD22AF

tetradic

#AFAD22 #22AF66 #2224AF #AF226A

square

#AFAD22 #22AF66 #2224AF #AF226A

split-complementary

#AFAD22 #226AAF #6622AF

monochromatic

#49480E #7C7A18 #AFAD22 #D8D636 #E2E069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AFAD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD22

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD22	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56b',
    500: '#afad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad22;
$custom-light: #cbc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.1483,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD22

secondary

#6566C8

accent

#40EA3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD22

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

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