#AFAE23#AFAE23

#AFAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.149 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE23
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -15.04, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 66.60, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0488 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.149 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1199, 39.5085, 7.4710)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE23 #2324AF

analogous

#AF6823 #AFAE23 #6AAF23

triadic

#AFAE23 #23AFAE #AE23AF

tetradic

#AFAE23 #23AF68 #2324AF #AF236A

square

#AFAE23 #23AF68 #2324AF #AF236A

split-complementary

#AFAE23 #236AAF #6823AF

monochromatic

#49490F #7C7B19 #AFAE23 #D7D638 #E1E16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE23

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE23	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)

#BEAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.149 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56c',
    500: '#afae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae23;
$custom-light: #cbc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE23

secondary

#6667C7

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE23

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

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