#AFB229#AFB229

#AFB229 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	#AFB229
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -16.86, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 66.29, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0534 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0010, 41.1158, 8.2425)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB229 #2C29B2

analogous

#B27029 #AFB229 #6AB229

triadic

#AFB229 #29AFB2 #B229AF

tetradic

#AFB229 #29B270 #2C29B2 #B2296A

square

#AFB229 #29B270 #2C29B2 #B2296A

split-complementary

#AFB229 #296AB2 #7029B2

monochromatic

#4D4F12 #7E801E #AFB229 #D1D444 #DDDF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#AFB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#AFB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB229

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB229	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)

#C0AA01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc86f',
    500: '#afb229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb229;
$custom-light: #cbc86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73782,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB229

secondary

#7270C7

accent

#42E646

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB229

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

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