#AFAE27#AFAE27

#AFAE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE27
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.90, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 65.43, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0481 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1827, 39.5336, 7.8019)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE27 #2728AF

analogous

#AF6A27 #AFAE27 #6CAF27

triadic

#AFAE27 #27AFAE #AE27AF

tetradic

#AFAE27 #27AF6A #2728AF #AF276C

square

#AFAE27 #27AF6A #2728AF #AF276C

split-complementary

#AFAE27 #276CAF #6A27AF

monochromatic

#4B4A11 #7D7C1C #AFAE27 #D4D33F #DFDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AFAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE27

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE27	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56d',
    500: '#afae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae27;
$custom-light: #cbc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE27

secondary

#6B6CC6

accent

#42E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE27

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

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