#AFAF28#AFAF28

#AFAF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF28
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -15.37, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 65.49, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0493 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3934, 39.9281, 7.9549)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF28 #2828AF

analogous

#AF6C28 #AFAF28 #6CAF28

triadic

#AFAF28 #28AFAF #AF28AF

tetradic

#AFAF28 #28AF6C #2828AF #AF286C

square

#AFAF28 #28AF6C #2828AF #AF286C

split-complementary

#AFAF28 #286CAF #6C28AF

monochromatic

#4B4B11 #7D7D1D #AFAF28 #D4D441 #DFDF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFAF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#AFAF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF28

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF28	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc66e',
    500: '#afaf28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf28;
$custom-light: #cbc66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF28

secondary

#6D6DC6

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF28

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

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