#AFAE28#AFAE28

#AFAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE28
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.86, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 65.13, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0479 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1995, 39.5403, 7.8903)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE28 #2829AF

analogous

#AF6B28 #AFAE28 #6CAF28

triadic

#AFAE28 #28AFAE #AE28AF

tetradic

#AFAE28 #28AF6B #2829AF #AF286C

square

#AFAE28 #28AF6B #2829AF #AF286C

split-complementary

#AFAE28 #286CAF #6B28AF

monochromatic

#4B4B11 #7D7C1D #AFAE28 #D4D241 #DFDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AFAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE28

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE28	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)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56e',
    500: '#afae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae28;
$custom-light: #cbc56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72888,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE28

secondary

#6D6DC6

accent

#43E642

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE28

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

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