#AFAD2E#AFAD2E

#AFAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD2E
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -14.09, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 62.81, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0452 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.142 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1172, 39.1994, 8.4060)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD2E #2E30AF

analogous

#AF6C2E #AFAD2E #70AF2E

triadic

#AFAD2E #2EAFAD #AD2EAF

tetradic

#AFAD2E #2EAF6C #2E30AF #AF2E70

square

#AFAD2E #2EAF6C #2E30AF #AF2E70

split-complementary

#AFAD2E #2E70AF #6C2EAF

monochromatic

#4E4D15 #7F7D21 #AFAD2E #D0CE4B #DCDB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AFAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD2E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD2E	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)

#BBA614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac570',
    500: '#afad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad2e;
$custom-light: #cac570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD2E

secondary

#7475C5

accent

#49E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD2E

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

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