#AFAD36#AFAD36

#AFAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD36
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -13.70, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 59.92, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0433 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2898, 39.2685, 9.3153)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD36 #3638AF

analogous

#AF7036 #AFAD36 #75AF36

triadic

#AFAD36 #36AFAD #AD36AF

tetradic

#AFAD36 #36AF70 #3638AF #AF3675

square

#AFAD36 #36AF70 #3638AF #AF3675

split-complementary

#AFAD36 #3675AF #7036AF

monochromatic

#515119 #807F28 #AFAD36 #CBC957 #DAD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AFAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD36

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac574',
    500: '#afad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad36;
$custom-light: #cac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72758,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD36

secondary

#7D7FC3

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD36

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

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