#AFAE40#AFAE40

#AFAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE40
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -13.62, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 56.31, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0421 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.131 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7417, 39.7572, 10.7460)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE40 #4041AF

analogous

#AF7640 #AFAE40 #79AF40

triadic

#AFAE40 #40AFAE #AE40AF

tetradic

#AFAE40 #40AF76 #4041AF #AF4079

square

#AFAE40 #40AF76 #4041AF #AF4079

split-complementary

#AFAE40 #4079AF #7640AF

monochromatic

#55551F #828130 #AFAE40 #C7C665 #D7D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AFAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#AFAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE40

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE40	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57a',
    500: '#afae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae40;
$custom-light: #cac57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE40

secondary

#8889C3

accent

#53D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE40

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

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