#AFAE4A#AFAE4A

#AFAE4A 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 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE4A
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 57.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -12.92, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 51.95, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.039 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0523, 39.8814, 12.3813)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE4A #4A4BAF

analogous

#AF7C4A #AFAE4A #7EAF4A

triadic

#AFAE4A #4AAFAE #AE4AAF

tetradic

#AFAE4A #4AAF7C #4A4BAF #AF4A7E

square

#AFAE4A #4AAF7C #4A4BAF #AF4A7E

split-complementary

#AFAE4A #4A7EAF #7C4AAF

monochromatic

#595826 #848338 #AFAE4A #C4C373 #D6D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE4A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE4A	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c680',
    500: '#afae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae4a;
$custom-light: #c9c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE4A

secondary

#9293C2

accent

#59D057

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE4A

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

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