#AFAD46#AFAD46

#AFAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD46
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 60%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -12.70, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 53.32, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0388 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.125 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7293, 39.4443, 11.6299)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD46 #4648AF

analogous

#AF7846 #AFAD46 #7CAF46

triadic

#AFAD46 #46AFAD #AD46AF

tetradic

#AFAD46 #46AF78 #4648AF #AF467C

square

#AFAD46 #46AF78 #4648AF #AF467C

split-complementary

#AFAD46 #467CAF #7846AF

monochromatic

#585723 #838235 #AFAD46 #C5C36D #D6D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AFAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD46

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD46	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)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c57e',
    500: '#afad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad46;
$custom-light: #c9c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD46

secondary

#8E8FC2

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD46

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

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