#AFAF37#AFAF37

#AFAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; 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	#AFAF37
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -14.67, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 60.31, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.046 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6999, 40.0507, 9.5691)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF37 #3737AF

analogous

#AF7337 #AFAF37 #73AF37

triadic

#AFAF37 #37AFAF #AF37AF

tetradic

#AFAF37 #37AF73 #3737AF #AF3773

square

#AFAF37 #37AF73 #3737AF #AF3773

split-complementary

#AFAF37 #3773AF #7337AF

monochromatic

#52521A #808028 #AFAF37 #CBCB59 #D9D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AFAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF37

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF37	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)

#BDA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac675',
    500: '#afaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf37;
$custom-light: #cac675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73207,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF37

secondary

#7F7FC3

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF37

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

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