#AFAE49#AFAE49

#AFAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE49
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -13.00, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 52.40, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0393 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0188, 39.8680, 12.2053)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE49 #494AAF

analogous

#AF7B49 #AFAE49 #7DAF49

triadic

#AFAE49 #49AFAE #AE49AF

tetradic

#AFAE49 #49AF7B #494AAF #AF497D

square

#AFAE49 #49AF7B #494AAF #AF497D

split-complementary

#AFAE49 #497DAF #7B49AF

monochromatic

#595825 #848337 #AFAE49 #C4C371 #D6D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#AFAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE49

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c680',
    500: '#afae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae49;
$custom-light: #c9c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE49

secondary

#9192C2

accent

#58D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE49

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

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