#AFAE48#AFAE48

#AFAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.124 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE48
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -13.07, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 52.85, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0396 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.124 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9859, 39.8549, 12.0321)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE48 #4849AF

analogous

#AF7A48 #AFAE48 #7CAF48

triadic

#AFAE48 #48AFAE #AE48AF

tetradic

#AFAE48 #48AF7A #4849AF #AF487C

square

#AFAE48 #48AF7A #4849AF #AF487C

split-complementary

#AFAE48 #487CAF #7A48AF

monochromatic

#585824 #848336 #AFAE48 #C4C370 #D6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE48

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE48	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)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.124 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c67f',
    500: '#afae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae48;
$custom-light: #c9c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE48

secondary

#9091C2

accent

#57D256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE48

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

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