#AFAF27#AFAF27

#AFAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF27
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -15.41, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 65.80, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0495 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3766, 39.9214, 7.8665)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF27 #2727AF

analogous

#AF6B27 #AFAF27 #6BAF27

triadic

#AFAF27 #27AFAF #AF27AF

tetradic

#AFAF27 #27AF6B #2727AF #AF276B

square

#AFAF27 #27AF6B #2727AF #AF276B

split-complementary

#AFAF27 #276BAF #6B27AF

monochromatic

#4B4B11 #7D7D1C #AFAF27 #D4D43F #DFDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AFAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF27

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF27	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)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc66d',
    500: '#afaf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf27;
$custom-light: #cbc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF27

secondary

#6B6BC6

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF27

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

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