#AFAE46#AFAE46

#AFAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE46
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 60%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -13.21, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 53.73, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0403 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.126 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9218, 39.8292, 11.6941)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE46 #4647AF

analogous

#AF7A46 #AFAE46 #7BAF46

triadic

#AFAE46 #46AFAE #AE46AF

tetradic

#AFAE46 #46AF7A #4647AF #AF467B

square

#AFAE46 #46AF7A #4647AF #AF467B

split-complementary

#AFAE46 #467BAF #7A46AF

monochromatic

#585723 #838335 #AFAE46 #C5C46D #D6D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE46

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE46	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67e',
    500: '#afae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae46;
$custom-light: #c9c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE46

secondary

#8E8FC2

accent

#56D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE46

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

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