#AFAE2F#AFAE2F

#AFAE2F 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	#AFAE2F
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -14.56, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 62.84, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0464 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.143 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.3296, 39.5923, 8.5752)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE2F #2F30AF

analogous

#AF6E2F #AFAE2F #70AF2F

triadic

#AFAE2F #2FAFAE #AE2FAF

tetradic

#AFAE2F #2FAF6E #2F30AF #AF2F70

square

#AFAE2F #2FAF6E #2F30AF #AF2F70

split-complementary

#AFAE2F #2F70AF #6E2FAF

monochromatic

#4F4E15 #7F7E22 #AFAE2F #CFCE4C #DCDB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE2F

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE2F	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BCA716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#afae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae2f;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 57.658,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE2F

secondary

#7576C4

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE2F

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

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