#AFAE32#AFAE32

#AFAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE32
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -14.42, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 61.78, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0458 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.3922, 39.6174, 8.9049)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE32 #3233AF

analogous

#AF7032 #AFAE32 #72AF32

triadic

#AFAE32 #32AFAE #AE32AF

tetradic

#AFAE32 #32AF70 #3233AF #AF3272

square

#AFAE32 #32AF70 #3233AF #AF3272

split-complementary

#AFAE32 #3272AF #7032AF

monochromatic

#504F17 #7F7F24 #AFAE32 #CDCC51 #DBDA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE32

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE32	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac572',
    500: '#afae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae32;
$custom-light: #cac572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE32

secondary

#7979C4

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE32

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

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