#AFAF49#AFAF49

#AFAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFAF49
RGB	rgb(175, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -13.51, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 52.83, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0408 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.125 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2127, 40.2559, 12.2700)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFAF49 #4949AF

analogous

#AF7C49 #AFAF49 #7CAF49

triadic

#AFAF49 #49AFAF #AF49AF

tetradic

#AFAF49 #49AF7C #4949AF #AF497C

square

#AFAF49 #49AF7C #4949AF #AF497C

split-complementary

#AFAF49 #497CAF #7C49AF

monochromatic

#595925 #848437 #AFAF49 #C4C471 #D6D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#AFAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#AFAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFAF49

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFAF49	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c680',
    500: '#afaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afaf49;
$custom-light: #c9c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7337,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFAF49

secondary

#9191C2

accent

#57D157

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFAF49

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

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