#AFB038#AFB038

#AFB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.139 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB038
RGB	rgb(175, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -15.13, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 60.33, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0472 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.139 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9195, 40.4511, 9.7617)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB038 #3938B0

analogous

#B07538 #AFB038 #73B038

triadic

#AFB038 #38AFB0 #B038AF

tetradic

#AFB038 #38B075 #3938B0 #B03873

square

#AFB038 #38B075 #3938B0 #B03873

split-complementary

#AFB038 #3873B0 #7538B0

monochromatic

#53531A #818229 #AFB038 #CACB5B #D9D989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AFB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#AFB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB038

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB038	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.139 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac776',
    500: '#afb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb038;
$custom-light: #cac776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB038

secondary

#8180C4

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB038

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

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