#AFAE24#AFAE24

#AFAE24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.148 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE24
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -15.01, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 66.32, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0486 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1350, 39.5145, 7.5504)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE24 #2425AF

analogous

#AF6924 #AFAE24 #6BAF24

triadic

#AFAE24 #24AFAE #AE24AF

tetradic

#AFAE24 #24AF69 #2425AF #AF246B

square

#AFAE24 #24AF69 #2425AF #AF246B

split-complementary

#AFAE24 #246BAF #6924AF

monochromatic

#49490F #7C7C1A #AFAE24 #D6D53A #E1E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFAE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE24

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE24	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)

#BEAB31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56c',
    500: '#afae24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae24;
$custom-light: #cbc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE24

secondary

#6868C7

accent

#40E93F

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE24

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

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