#AFAD2C#AFAD2C

#AFAD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD2C
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -14.18, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 63.49, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0457 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0787, 39.1840, 8.2032)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD2C #2C2EAF

analogous

#AF6B2C #AFAD2C #6FAF2C

triadic

#AFAD2C #2CAFAD #AD2CAF

tetradic

#AFAD2C #2CAF6B #2C2EAF #AF2C6F

square

#AFAD2C #2CAF6B #2C2EAF #AF2C6F

split-complementary

#AFAD2C #2C6FAF #6B2CAF

monochromatic

#4D4C13 #7E7D20 #AFAD2C #D1CF47 #DDDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD2C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD2C	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)

#BCA60F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56f',
    500: '#afad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad2c;
$custom-light: #cbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD2C

secondary

#7273C5

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD2C

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

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