#AFAE37#AFAE37

#AFAE37 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	#AFAE37
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -14.16, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 59.92, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0445 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.138 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5060, 39.6629, 9.5044)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE37 #3738AF

analogous

#AF7237 #AFAE37 #74AF37

triadic

#AFAE37 #37AFAE #AE37AF

tetradic

#AFAE37 #37AF72 #3738AF #AF3774

square

#AFAE37 #37AF72 #3738AF #AF3774

split-complementary

#AFAE37 #3774AF #7237AF

monochromatic

#52511A #808028 #AFAE37 #CBCA59 #D9D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE37

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac575',
    500: '#afae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae37;
$custom-light: #cac575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72986,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE37

secondary

#7F7FC3

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE37

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

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