#AFAE39#AFAE39

#AFAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE39
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -14.05, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 59.15, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.044 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5549, 39.6825, 9.7620)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE39 #393AAF

analogous

#AF7339 #AFAE39 #75AF39

triadic

#AFAE39 #39AFAE #AE39AF

tetradic

#AFAE39 #39AF73 #393AAF #AF3975

square

#AFAE39 #39AF73 #393AAF #AF3975

split-complementary

#AFAE39 #3975AF #7339AF

monochromatic

#53521B #81802A #AFAE39 #CAC95B #D9D88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE39

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE39	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac576',
    500: '#afae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae39;
$custom-light: #cac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE39

secondary

#8181C3

accent

#4FDA4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE39

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

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