#AFB042#AFB042

#AFB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB042
RGB	rgb(175, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -14.52, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 56.29, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0444 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.131 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1889, 40.5589, 11.1809)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB042 #4342B0

analogous

#B07A42 #AFB042 #78B042

triadic

#AFB042 #42AFB0 #B042AF

tetradic

#AFB042 #42B07A #4342B0 #B04278

square

#AFB042 #42B07A #4342B0 #B04278

split-complementary

#AFB042 #4278B0 #7A42B0

monochromatic

#565721 #838331 #AFB042 #C6C769 #D7D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AFB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AFB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB042

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB042	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac77c',
    500: '#afb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb042;
$custom-light: #cac77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB042

secondary

#8B8BC3

accent

#53D554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB042

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →