#AFAD49#AFAD49

#AFAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAD49
RGB	rgb(175, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -12.48, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 51.98, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0378 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.122 108)
XYZ	xyz(33.8264, 39.4831, 12.1412)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAD49 #494BAF

analogous

#AF7A49 #AFAD49 #7EAF49

triadic

#AFAD49 #49AFAD #AD49AF

tetradic

#AFAD49 #49AF7A #494BAF #AF497E

square

#AFAD49 #49AF7A #494BAF #AF497E

split-complementary

#AFAD49 #497EAF #7A49AF

monochromatic

#595825 #848237 #AFAD49 #C4C271 #D6D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAD49

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAD49	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c580',
    500: '#afad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afad49;
$custom-light: #c9c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.39482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAD49

secondary

#9192C2

accent

#59D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAD49

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

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