#AFB228#AFB228

#AFB228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.150 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB228
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -16.90, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 66.60, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0536 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9838, 41.1089, 8.1517)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB228 #2B28B2

analogous

#B27028 #AFB228 #6AB228

triadic

#AFB228 #28AFB2 #B228AF

tetradic

#AFB228 #28B270 #2B28B2 #B2286A

square

#AFB228 #28B270 #2B28B2 #B2286A

split-complementary

#AFB228 #286AB2 #7028B2

monochromatic

#4D4E12 #7E801D #AFB228 #D1D543 #DEE075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFB228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFB228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB228

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB228	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc86e',
    500: '#afb228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb228;
$custom-light: #cbc86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73776,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB228

secondary

#706FC7

accent

#41E645

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB228

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

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