#AFAE33#AFAE33

#AFAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.140 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE33
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 70.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -14.37, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 61.42, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0455 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.14 109)
XYZ	xyz(33.4140, 39.6261, 9.0198)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE33 #3334AF

analogous

#AF7033 #AFAE33 #72AF33

triadic

#AFAE33 #33AFAE #AE33AF

tetradic

#AFAE33 #33AF70 #3334AF #AF3372

square

#AFAE33 #33AF70 #3334AF #AF3372

split-complementary

#AFAE33 #3372AF #7033AF

monochromatic

#505017 #807F25 #AFAE33 #CDCC52 #DBDA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AFAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE33

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE33	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)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.140 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac573',
    500: '#afae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae33;
$custom-light: #cac573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72957,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE33

secondary

#7A7BC4

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE33

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

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