#AFAD2B#AFAD2B

#AFAD2B 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 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD2B
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -14.22, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 63.81, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0459 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0601, 39.1766, 8.1054)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD2B #2B2DAF

analogous

#AF6B2B #AFAD2B #6FAF2B

triadic

#AFAD2B #2BAFAD #AD2BAF

tetradic

#AFAD2B #2BAF6B #2B2DAF #AF2B6F

square

#AFAD2B #2BAF6B #2B2DAF #AF2B6F

split-complementary

#AFAD2B #2B6FAF #6B2BAF

monochromatic

#4D4C13 #7E7C1F #AFAD2B #D1CF46 #DEDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD2B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD2B	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56f',
    500: '#afad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad2b;
$custom-light: #cbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD2B

secondary

#7072C5

accent

#47E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD2B

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

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