#AFAD44#AFAD44

#AFAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD44
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -12.84, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 54.19, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0394 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.127 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6672, 39.4194, 11.3030)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD44 #4446AF

analogous

#AF7844 #AFAD44 #7BAF44

triadic

#AFAD44 #44AFAD #AD44AF

tetradic

#AFAD44 #44AF78 #4446AF #AF447B

square

#AFAD44 #44AF78 #4446AF #AF447B

split-complementary

#AFAD44 #447BAF #7844AF

monochromatic

#575622 #838133 #AFAD44 #C5C46B #D7D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#AFAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD44

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD44	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57c',
    500: '#afad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad44;
$custom-light: #cac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD44

secondary

#8C8DC2

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD44

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

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