#AFAE2A#AFAE2A

#AFAE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE2A
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -14.78, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 64.50, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0475 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2344, 39.5543, 8.0741)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE2A #2A2BAF

analogous

#AF6C2A #AFAE2A #6DAF2A

triadic

#AFAE2A #2AAFAE #AE2AAF

tetradic

#AFAE2A #2AAF6C #2A2BAF #AF2A6D

square

#AFAE2A #2AAF6C #2A2BAF #AF2A6D

split-complementary

#AFAE2A #2A6DAF #6C2AAF

monochromatic

#4C4C12 #7E7D1E #AFAE2A #D2D144 #DEDD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AFAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE2A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE2A	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)

#BDA708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56f',
    500: '#afae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae2a;
$custom-light: #cbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE2A

secondary

#6F70C6

accent

#45E443

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE2A

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

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