#AFAE31#AFAE31

#AFAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE31
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -14.47, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 62.14, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.046 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.3708, 39.6088, 8.7925)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE31 #3132AF

analogous

#AF6F31 #AFAE31 #71AF31

triadic

#AFAE31 #31AFAE #AE31AF

tetradic

#AFAE31 #31AF6F #3132AF #AF3171

square

#AFAE31 #31AF6F #3132AF #AF3171

split-complementary

#AFAE31 #3171AF #6F31AF

monochromatic

#4F4F16 #7F7E24 #AFAE31 #CECD4F #DBDA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE31

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE31	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)

#BCA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#afae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae31;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE31

secondary

#7878C4

accent

#49E048

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE31

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

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