#AFAE3A#AFAE3A

#AFAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE3A
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -13.99, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 58.75, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0437 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.135 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5801, 39.6925, 9.8947)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE3A #3A3BAF

analogous

#AF733A #AFAE3A #75AF3A

triadic

#AFAE3A #3AAFAE #AE3AAF

tetradic

#AFAE3A #3AAF73 #3A3BAF #AF3A75

square

#AFAE3A #3AAF73 #3A3BAF #AF3A75

split-complementary

#AFAE3A #3A75AF #733AAF

monochromatic

#53531C #81802B #AFAE3A #C9C85D #D9D88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE3A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE3A	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)

#BCA729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac577',
    500: '#afae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae3a;
$custom-light: #cac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7301,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE3A

secondary

#8282C3

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE3A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →