#AFAE36#AFAE36

#AFAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE36
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -14.21, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 60.30, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0448 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.138 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4823, 39.6534, 9.3795)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE36 #3637AF

analogous

#AF7136 #AFAE36 #74AF36

triadic

#AFAE36 #36AFAE #AE36AF

tetradic

#AFAE36 #36AF71 #3637AF #AF3674

square

#AFAE36 #36AF71 #3637AF #AF3674

split-complementary

#AFAE36 #3674AF #7136AF

monochromatic

#515119 #807F28 #AFAE36 #CBCA57 #DAD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE36

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac575',
    500: '#afae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae36;
$custom-light: #cac575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE36

secondary

#7D7EC3

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE36

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

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