#AFB037#AFB037

#AFB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB037
RGB	rgb(175, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -15.18, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 60.71, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0474 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.14 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8953, 40.4414, 9.6342)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB037 #3837B0

analogous

#B07437 #AFB037 #72B037

triadic

#AFB037 #37AFB0 #B037AF

tetradic

#AFB037 #37B074 #3837B0 #B03772

square

#AFB037 #37B074 #3837B0 #B03772

split-complementary

#AFB037 #3772B0 #7437B0

monochromatic

#52531A #818128 #AFB037 #CACB59 #D9DA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AFB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB037

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB037	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac775',
    500: '#afb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb037;
$custom-light: #cac775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB037

secondary

#807FC4

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB037

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

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