#AFAE3B#AFAE3B

#AFAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.135 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE3B
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -13.93, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 58.36, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0435 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.135 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6058, 39.7028, 10.0300)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE3B #3B3CAF

analogous

#AF743B #AFAE3B #76AF3B

triadic

#AFAE3B #3BAFAE #AE3BAF

tetradic

#AFAE3B #3BAF74 #3B3CAF #AF3B76

square

#AFAE3B #3BAF74 #3B3CAF #AF3B76

split-complementary

#AFAE3B #3B76AF #743BAF

monochromatic

#53531C #81802C #AFAE3B #C9C85E #D8D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE3B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE3B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.135 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac577',
    500: '#afae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae3b;
$custom-light: #cac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE3B

secondary

#8383C3

accent

#50D94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE3B

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

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