#AFB238#AFB238

#AFB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.141 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB238
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -16.15, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 61.13, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.05 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.141 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3145, 41.2412, 9.8934)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB238 #3B38B2

analogous

#B27838 #AFB238 #72B238

triadic

#AFB238 #38AFB2 #B238AF

tetradic

#AFB238 #38B278 #3B38B2 #B23872

square

#AFB238 #38B278 #3B38B2 #B23872

split-complementary

#AFB238 #3872B2 #7838B2

monochromatic

#53551B #818329 #AFB238 #C9CC5C #D8DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AFB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB238

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB238	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)

#C0AA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.141 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac876',
    500: '#afb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb238;
$custom-light: #cac876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7388,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB238

secondary

#8381C5

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB238

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

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