#AFAD3E#AFAD3E

#AFAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD3E
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -13.23, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 56.74, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0412 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4934, 39.3499, 10.3875)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD3E #3E40AF

analogous

#AF753E #AFAD3E #79AF3E

triadic

#AFAD3E #3EAFAD #AD3EAF

tetradic

#AFAD3E #3EAF75 #3E40AF #AF3E79

square

#AFAD3E #3EAF75 #3E40AF #AF3E79

split-complementary

#AFAD3E #3E79AF #753EAF

monochromatic

#55541E #82802E #AFAD3E #C8C663 #D8D690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AFAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD3E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD3E	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)

#BBA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac579',
    500: '#afad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad3e;
$custom-light: #cac579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 47.679,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72823,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD3E

secondary

#8687C3

accent

#53D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD3E

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

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