#AFAF40#AFAF40

#AFAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF40
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -14.14, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 56.72, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0435 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.132 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9357, 40.1450, 10.8106)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF40 #4040AF

analogous

#AF7840 #AFAF40 #78AF40

triadic

#AFAF40 #40AFAF #AF40AF

tetradic

#AFAF40 #40AF78 #4040AF #AF4078

square

#AFAF40 #40AF78 #4040AF #AF4078

split-complementary

#AFAF40 #4078AF #7840AF

monochromatic

#55551F #828230 #AFAF40 #C7C765 #D7D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AFAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#AFAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF40

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF40	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac67a',
    500: '#afaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf40;
$custom-light: #cac67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF40

secondary

#8888C3

accent

#52D652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF40

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

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