#AFAD3C#AFAD3C

#AFAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD3C
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -13.35, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 57.56, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0417 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4395, 39.3284, 10.1037)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD3C #3C3EAF

analogous

#AF733C #AFAD3C #77AF3C

triadic

#AFAD3C #3CAFAD #AD3CAF

tetradic

#AFAD3C #3CAF73 #3C3EAF #AF3C77

square

#AFAD3C #3CAF73 #3C3EAF #AF3C77

split-complementary

#AFAD3C #3C77AF #733CAF

monochromatic

#54531D #81802C #AFAD3C #C8C760 #D8D78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AFAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD3C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD3C	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac578',
    500: '#afad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad3c;
$custom-light: #cac578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD3C

secondary

#8485C3

accent

#52D84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD3C

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

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