#AFAE38#AFAE38

#AFAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE38
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -14.10, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 59.54, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0443 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.137 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5302, 39.6726, 9.6319)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE38 #3839AF

analogous

#AF7338 #AFAE38 #74AF38

triadic

#AFAE38 #38AFAE #AE38AF

tetradic

#AFAE38 #38AF73 #3839AF #AF3874

square

#AFAE38 #38AF73 #3839AF #AF3874

split-complementary

#AFAE38 #3874AF #7338AF

monochromatic

#52521A #818029 #AFAE38 #CAC95A #D9D888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AFAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE38

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE38	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)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac576',
    500: '#afae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae38;
$custom-light: #cac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72994,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE38

secondary

#8080C3

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE38

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

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