#AFAE25#AFAE25

#AFAE25 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	#AFAE25
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -14.97, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 66.03, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0485 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.148 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1505, 39.5207, 7.6319)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE25 #2526AF

analogous

#AF6925 #AFAE25 #6BAF25

triadic

#AFAE25 #25AFAE #AE25AF

tetradic

#AFAE25 #25AF69 #2526AF #AF256B

square

#AFAE25 #25AF69 #2526AF #AF256B

split-complementary

#AFAE25 #256BAF #6925AF

monochromatic

#4A4A10 #7C7C1A #AFAE25 #D6D53C #E0E06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#AFAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE25

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE25	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: #afae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56c',
    500: '#afae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae25;
$custom-light: #cbc56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 65.094,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE25

secondary

#696AC7

accent

#41E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE25

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

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