#AFAE43#AFAE43

#AFAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE43
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -13.42, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 55.04, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0412 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.129 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8294, 39.7923, 11.2078)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE43 #4344AF

analogous

#AF7843 #AFAE43 #7AAF43

triadic

#AFAE43 #43AFAE #AE43AF

tetradic

#AFAE43 #43AF78 #4344AF #AF437A

square

#AFAE43 #43AF78 #4344AF #AF437A

split-complementary

#AFAE43 #437AAF #7843AF

monochromatic

#565621 #838232 #AFAE43 #C6C569 #D7D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AFAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE43

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE43	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac57c',
    500: '#afae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae43;
$custom-light: #cac57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7309,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE43

secondary

#8B8CC2

accent

#55D453

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE43

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

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