#AFAE45#AFAE45

#AFAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE45
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 60.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -13.28, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 54.17, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0406 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.127 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8905, 39.8167, 11.5292)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE45 #4546AF

analogous

#AF7945 #AFAE45 #7BAF45

triadic

#AFAE45 #45AFAE #AE45AF

tetradic

#AFAE45 #45AF79 #4546AF #AF457B

square

#AFAE45 #45AF79 #4546AF #AF457B

split-complementary

#AFAE45 #457BAF #7945AF

monochromatic

#575722 #838234 #AFAE45 #C5C46C #D6D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AFAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE45

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67d',
    500: '#afae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae45;
$custom-light: #c9c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE45

secondary

#8D8EC2

accent

#56D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE45

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

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