#AFAE44#AFAE44

#AFAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE44
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -13.35, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 54.61, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0409 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.128 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8597, 39.8044, 11.3671)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE44 #4445AF

analogous

#AF7844 #AFAE44 #7BAF44

triadic

#AFAE44 #44AFAE #AE44AF

tetradic

#AFAE44 #44AF78 #4445AF #AF447B

square

#AFAE44 #44AF78 #4445AF #AF447B

split-complementary

#AFAE44 #447BAF #7844AF

monochromatic

#575622 #838233 #AFAE44 #C5C56B #D7D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AFAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE44

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE44	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)

#BBA737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac67d',
    500: '#afae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae44;
$custom-light: #cac67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73099,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE44

secondary

#8C8DC2

accent

#55D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE44

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

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