#AFAD32#AFAD32

#AFAD32 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 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD32
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -13.90, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 61.40, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0443 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1997, 39.2324, 8.8408)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD32 #3234AF

analogous

#AF6F32 #AFAD32 #73AF32

triadic

#AFAD32 #32AFAD #AD32AF

tetradic

#AFAD32 #32AF6F #3234AF #AF3273

square

#AFAD32 #32AF6F #3234AF #AF3273

split-complementary

#AFAD32 #3273AF #6F32AF

monochromatic

#504F17 #7F7E24 #AFAD32 #CDCB51 #DBD981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AFAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD32

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD32	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#afad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad32;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD32

secondary

#797AC4

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD32

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

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