#AFAD37#AFAD37

#AFAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD37
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -13.64, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 59.53, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0431 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.136 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3135, 39.2780, 9.4403)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD37 #3739AF

analogous

#AF7137 #AFAD37 #75AF37

triadic

#AFAD37 #37AFAD #AD37AF

tetradic

#AFAD37 #37AF71 #3739AF #AF3775

square

#AFAD37 #37AF71 #3739AF #AF3775

split-complementary

#AFAD37 #3775AF #7137AF

monochromatic

#52511A #807F28 #AFAD37 #CBC959 #D9D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AFAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD37

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD37	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac575',
    500: '#afad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad37;
$custom-light: #cac575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72765,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD37

secondary

#7F80C3

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD37

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

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