#AFAE2D#AFAE2D

#AFAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE2D
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.65, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 63.52, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0469 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.144 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.2901, 39.5766, 8.3676)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE2D #2D2EAF

analogous

#AF6D2D #AFAE2D #6FAF2D

triadic

#AFAE2D #2DAFAE #AE2DAF

tetradic

#AFAE2D #2DAF6D #2D2EAF #AF2D6F

square

#AFAE2D #2DAF6D #2D2EAF #AF2D6F

split-complementary

#AFAE2D #2D6FAF #6D2DAF

monochromatic

#4E4D14 #7E7E20 #AFAE2D #D0CF49 #DDDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE2D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE2D	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac570',
    500: '#afae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae2d;
$custom-light: #cac570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE2D

secondary

#7374C5

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE2D

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

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