#AFAD23#AFAD23

#AFAD23 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	#AFAD23
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.53, 64.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 66.25, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0474 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.148 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9275, 39.1235, 7.4069)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD23 #2325AF

analogous

#AF6723 #AFAD23 #6BAF23

triadic

#AFAD23 #23AFAD #AD23AF

tetradic

#AFAD23 #23AF67 #2325AF #AF236B

square

#AFAD23 #23AF67 #2325AF #AF236B

split-complementary

#AFAD23 #236BAF #6723AF

monochromatic

#49480F #7C7B19 #AFAD23 #D7D538 #E1E06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AFAD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD23

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD23	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)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56b',
    500: '#afad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad23;
$custom-light: #cbc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72641,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD23

secondary

#6668C7

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD23

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

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