#AFAD3B#AFAD3B

#AFAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD3B
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -13.41, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 57.96, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.042 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.134 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4133, 39.3179, 9.9658)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD3B #3B3DAF

analogous

#AF733B #AFAD3B #77AF3B

triadic

#AFAD3B #3BAFAD #AD3BAF

tetradic

#AFAD3B #3BAF73 #3B3DAF #AF3B77

square

#AFAD3B #3BAF73 #3B3DAF #AF3B77

split-complementary

#AFAD3B #3B77AF #733BAF

monochromatic

#53531C #81802C #AFAD3B #C9C75E #D8D78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AFAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD3B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD3B	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)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac577',
    500: '#afad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad3b;
$custom-light: #cac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72798,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD3B

secondary

#8384C3

accent

#51D94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD3B

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

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