#AFB237#AFB237

#AFB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.142 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB237
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -16.20, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 61.51, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0503 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.142 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2903, 41.2315, 9.7658)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB237 #3A37B2

analogous

#B27737 #AFB237 #72B237

triadic

#AFB237 #37AFB2 #B237AF

tetradic

#AFB237 #37B277 #3A37B2 #B23772

square

#AFB237 #37B277 #3A37B2 #B23772

split-complementary

#AFB237 #3772B2 #7737B2

monochromatic

#53541A #818329 #AFB237 #C9CC5A #D9DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AFB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB237

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB237	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.142 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac876',
    500: '#afb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb237;
$custom-light: #cac876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73872,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB237

secondary

#8280C5

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB237

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

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