#AFAD2A#AFAD2A

#AFAD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD2A
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -14.26, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 64.14, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0461 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0420, 39.1693, 8.0100)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD2A #2A2CAF

analogous

#AF6B2A #AFAD2A #6EAF2A

triadic

#AFAD2A #2AAFAD #AD2AAF

tetradic

#AFAD2A #2AAF6B #2A2CAF #AF2A6E

square

#AFAD2A #2AAF6B #2A2CAF #AF2A6E

split-complementary

#AFAD2A #2A6EAF #6B2AAF

monochromatic

#4C4B12 #7E7C1E #AFAD2A #D2D044 #DEDC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AFAD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD2A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD2A	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)

#BCA609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56e',
    500: '#afad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad2a;
$custom-light: #cbc56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD2A

secondary

#6F71C6

accent

#46E443

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD2A

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

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