#AFAE4B#AFAE4B

#AFAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAE4B
RGB	rgb(175, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 57.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -12.84, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 51.50, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0387 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.122 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0862, 39.8950, 12.5602)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAE4B #4B4CAF

analogous

#AF7C4B #AFAE4B #7EAF4B

triadic

#AFAE4B #4BAFAE #AE4BAF

tetradic

#AFAE4B #4BAF7C #4B4CAF #AF4B7E

square

#AFAE4B #4BAF7C #4B4CAF #AF4B7E

split-complementary

#AFAE4B #4B7EAF #7C4BAF

monochromatic

#595926 #848339 #AFAE4B #C3C374 #D6D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAE4B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAE4B	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)

#BBA740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c681',
    500: '#afae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afae4b;
$custom-light: #c9c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73172,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAE4B

secondary

#9394C2

accent

#59D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAE4B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →