#AFB231#AFB231

#AFB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB231
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -16.51, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 63.68, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0517 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.145 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1551, 41.1774, 9.0540)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB231 #3431B2

analogous

#B27431 #AFB231 #6FB231

triadic

#AFB231 #31AFB2 #B231AF

tetradic

#AFB231 #31B274 #3431B2 #B2316F

square

#AFB231 #31B274 #3431B2 #B2316F

split-complementary

#AFB231 #316FB2 #7431B2

monochromatic

#515217 #808224 #AFB231 #CCCF51 #DADC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#AFB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB231

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB231	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac872',
    500: '#afb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb231;
$custom-light: #cac872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB231

secondary

#7B79C5

accent

#48E04B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB231

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

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