#AFAD45#AFAD45

#AFAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD45
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -12.77, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 53.76, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0391 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.126 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6980, 39.4318, 11.4651)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD45 #4547AF

analogous

#AF7845 #AFAD45 #7CAF45

triadic

#AFAD45 #45AFAD #AD45AF

tetradic

#AFAD45 #45AF78 #4547AF #AF457C

square

#AFAD45 #45AF78 #4547AF #AF457C

split-complementary

#AFAD45 #457CAF #7845AF

monochromatic

#575622 #838234 #AFAD45 #C5C36C #D6D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AFAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD45

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD45	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57d',
    500: '#afad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad45;
$custom-light: #c9c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72889,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD45

secondary

#8D8EC2

accent

#57D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD45

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

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