#AFAD40#AFAD40

#AFAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD40
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -13.11, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 55.90, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0406 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.13 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5493, 39.3723, 10.6818)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD40 #4042AF

analogous

#AF7640 #AFAD40 #7AAF40

triadic

#AFAD40 #40AFAD #AD40AF

tetradic

#AFAD40 #40AF76 #4042AF #AF407A

square

#AFAD40 #40AF76 #4042AF #AF407A

split-complementary

#AFAD40 #407AAF #7640AF

monochromatic

#55541F #828130 #AFAD40 #C7C565 #D7D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AFAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#AFAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD40

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD40	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)

#BBA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57a',
    500: '#afad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad40;
$custom-light: #cac57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD40

secondary

#8889C3

accent

#54D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD40

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

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