#AFAE30#AFAE30

#AFAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE30
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -14.51, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 62.49, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0462 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.142 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.3500, 39.6005, 8.6826)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE30 #3031AF

analogous

#AF6E30 #AFAE30 #70AF30

triadic

#AFAE30 #30AFAE #AE30AF

tetradic

#AFAE30 #30AF6E #3031AF #AF3070

square

#AFAE30 #30AF6E #3031AF #AF3070

split-complementary

#AFAE30 #3070AF #6E30AF

monochromatic

#4F4E16 #7F7E23 #AFAE30 #CECD4E #DCDB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE30

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE30	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)

#BCA718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac571',
    500: '#afae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae30;
$custom-light: #cac571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 56.951,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE30

secondary

#7677C4

accent

#49E048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE30

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

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