#AFAE3C#AFAE3C

#AFAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.134 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE3C
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 65.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -13.87, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 57.95, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0432 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.134 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6320, 39.7133, 10.1679)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE3C #3C3DAF

analogous

#AF743C #AFAE3C #76AF3C

triadic

#AFAE3C #3CAFAE #AE3CAF

tetradic

#AFAE3C #3CAF74 #3C3DAF #AF3C76

square

#AFAE3C #3CAF74 #3C3DAF #AF3C76

split-complementary

#AFAE3C #3C76AF #743CAF

monochromatic

#54531D #81812C #AFAE3C #C8C860 #D8D78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE3C

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE3C	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)

#BCA72C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.134 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac578',
    500: '#afae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae3c;
$custom-light: #cac578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE3C

secondary

#8485C3

accent

#51D84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE3C

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

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