#AFAE35#AFAE35

#AFAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.139 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE35
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -14.26, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 60.68, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.045 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.139 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4590, 39.6441, 9.2570)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE35 #3536AF

analogous

#AF7135 #AFAE35 #73AF35

triadic

#AFAE35 #35AFAE #AE35AF

tetradic

#AFAE35 #35AF71 #3536AF #AF3573

square

#AFAE35 #35AF71 #3536AF #AF3573

split-complementary

#AFAE35 #3573AF #7135AF

monochromatic

#515119 #807F27 #AFAE35 #CCCB56 #DAD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE35

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE35	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.139 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac574',
    500: '#afae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae35;
$custom-light: #cac574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE35

secondary

#7C7DC4

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE35

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

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