#AFAE47#AFAE47

#AFAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE47
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 59.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -13.14, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 53.29, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0399 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.125 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9536, 39.8419, 11.8617)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE47 #4748AF

analogous

#AF7A47 #AFAE47 #7CAF47

triadic

#AFAE47 #47AFAE #AE47AF

tetradic

#AFAE47 #47AF7A #4748AF #AF477C

square

#AFAE47 #47AF7A #4748AF #AF477C

split-complementary

#AFAE47 #477CAF #7A47AF

monochromatic

#585724 #838335 #AFAE47 #C4C46F #D6D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE47

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE47	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)

#BBA73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67e',
    500: '#afae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae47;
$custom-light: #c9c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE47

secondary

#8F90C2

accent

#57D256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE47

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

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