#AFAD2D#AFAD2D

#AFAD2D 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	#AFAD2D
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -14.14, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 63.15, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0454 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0977, 39.1916, 8.3034)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD2D #2D2FAF

analogous

#AF6C2D #AFAD2D #70AF2D

triadic

#AFAD2D #2DAFAD #AD2DAF

tetradic

#AFAD2D #2DAF6C #2D2FAF #AF2D70

square

#AFAD2D #2DAF6C #2D2FAF #AF2D70

split-complementary

#AFAD2D #2D70AF #6C2DAF

monochromatic

#4E4D14 #7E7D20 #AFAD2D #D0CE49 #DDDB7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFAD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD2D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD2D	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)

#BBA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac570',
    500: '#afad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad2d;
$custom-light: #cac570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD2D

secondary

#7374C5

accent

#48E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD2D

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

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