#AFAD25#AFAD25

#AFAD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.147 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD25
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 78.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -14.46, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 65.67, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.047 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.147 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9580, 39.1358, 7.5678)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD25 #2527AF

analogous

#AF6825 #AFAD25 #6CAF25

triadic

#AFAD25 #25AFAD #AD25AF

tetradic

#AFAD25 #25AF68 #2527AF #AF256C

square

#AFAD25 #25AF68 #2527AF #AF256C

split-complementary

#AFAD25 #256CAF #6825AF

monochromatic

#4A4910 #7C7B1A #AFAD25 #D6D33C #E0DF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AFAD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD25

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD25	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.147 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56c',
    500: '#afad25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad25;
$custom-light: #cbc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 65.094,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72651,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD25

secondary

#696AC7

accent

#42E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD25

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

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