#AFAE22#AFAE22

#AFAE22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.149 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE22
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -15.07, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 66.87, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.049 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.149 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1053, 39.5026, 7.3940)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE22 #2223AF

analogous

#AF6722 #AFAE22 #6AAF22

triadic

#AFAE22 #22AFAE #AE22AF

tetradic

#AFAE22 #22AF67 #2223AF #AF226A

square

#AFAE22 #22AF67 #2223AF #AF226A

split-complementary

#AFAE22 #226AAF #6722AF

monochromatic

#49480E #7C7B18 #AFAE22 #D8D736 #E2E169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE22

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE22	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)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56b',
    500: '#afae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae22;
$custom-light: #cbc56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.14926,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE22

secondary

#6566C8

accent

#3FEA3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE22

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

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