#AFAE2E#AFAE2E

#AFAE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE2E
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.61, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 63.18, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0467 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.3096, 39.5844, 8.4702)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE2E #2E2FAF

analogous

#AF6D2E #AFAE2E #6FAF2E

triadic

#AFAE2E #2EAFAE #AE2EAF

tetradic

#AFAE2E #2EAF6D #2E2FAF #AF2E6F

square

#AFAE2E #2EAF6D #2E2FAF #AF2E6F

split-complementary

#AFAE2E #2E6FAF #6D2EAF

monochromatic

#4E4E15 #7F7E21 #AFAE2E #D0CF4B #DCDC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AFAE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE2E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE2E	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)

#BCA713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#afae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae2e;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 58.371,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE2E

secondary

#7475C5

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE2E

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

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