#AFAD31#AFAD31

#AFAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD31
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -13.95, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 61.76, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0446 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1784, 39.2239, 8.7284)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD31 #3133AF

analogous

#AF6E31 #AFAD31 #72AF31

triadic

#AFAD31 #31AFAD #AD31AF

tetradic

#AFAD31 #31AF6E #3133AF #AF3172

square

#AFAD31 #31AF6E #3133AF #AF3172

split-complementary

#AFAD31 #3172AF #6E31AF

monochromatic

#4F4E16 #7F7E24 #AFAD31 #CECC4F #DBDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AFAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD31

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD31	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#afad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad31;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD31

secondary

#7879C4

accent

#4BE048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD31

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

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