#AFAE3D#AFAE3D

#AFAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE3D
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 65.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -13.81, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 57.55, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0429 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.133 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6587, 39.7240, 10.3084)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE3D #3D3EAF

analogous

#AF753D #AFAE3D #77AF3D

triadic

#AFAE3D #3DAFAE #AE3DAF

tetradic

#AFAE3D #3DAF75 #3D3EAF #AF3D77

square

#AFAE3D #3DAF75 #3D3EAF #AF3D77

split-complementary

#AFAE3D #3D77AF #753DAF

monochromatic

#54541D #82812D #AFAE3D #C8C761 #D8D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#AFAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE3D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE3D	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)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac578',
    500: '#afae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae3d;
$custom-light: #cac578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 48.305,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE3D

secondary

#8586C3

accent

#51D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE3D

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

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