#AFAD27#AFAD27

#AFAD27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.146 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD27
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -14.38, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 65.08, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0467 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.146 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9903, 39.1487, 7.7377)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD27 #2729AF

analogous

#AF6927 #AFAD27 #6DAF27

triadic

#AFAD27 #27AFAD #AD27AF

tetradic

#AFAD27 #27AF69 #2729AF #AF276D

square

#AFAD27 #27AF69 #2729AF #AF276D

split-complementary

#AFAD27 #276DAF #6927AF

monochromatic

#4B4A11 #7D7C1C #AFAD27 #D4D23F #DFDE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AFAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD27

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD27	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)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.146 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56d',
    500: '#afad27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad27;
$custom-light: #cbc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72661,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD27

secondary

#6B6DC6

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD27

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

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