#AFAE2B#AFAE2B

#AFAE2B 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	#AFAE2B
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -14.74, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 64.18, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0473 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2525, 39.5615, 8.1695)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE2B #2B2CAF

analogous

#AF6C2B #AFAE2B #6EAF2B

triadic

#AFAE2B #2BAFAE #AE2BAF

tetradic

#AFAE2B #2BAF6C #2B2CAF #AF2B6E

square

#AFAE2B #2BAF6C #2B2CAF #AF2B6E

split-complementary

#AFAE2B #2B6EAF #6C2BAF

monochromatic

#4D4C13 #7E7D1F #AFAE2B #D1D046 #DEDD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#AFAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE2B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE2B	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)

#BCA70B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc56f',
    500: '#afae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae2b;
$custom-light: #cbc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE2B

secondary

#7071C5

accent

#45E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE2B

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

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