#AFAF36#AFAF36

#AFAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF36
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -14.72, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 60.69, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0462 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6762, 40.0412, 9.4441)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF36 #3636AF

analogous

#AF7336 #AFAF36 #73AF36

triadic

#AFAF36 #36AFAF #AF36AF

tetradic

#AFAF36 #36AF73 #3636AF #AF3673

square

#AFAF36 #36AF73 #3636AF #AF3673

split-complementary

#AFAF36 #3673AF #7336AF

monochromatic

#515119 #808028 #AFAF36 #CBCB57 #DADA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF36

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF36	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac675',
    500: '#afaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf36;
$custom-light: #cac675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF36

secondary

#7D7DC3

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF36

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

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