#AFB23B#AFB23B

#AFB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.139 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB23B
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -15.98, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.97, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0492 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.139 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3901, 41.2714, 10.2914)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB23B #3E3BB2

analogous

#B27A3B #AFB23B #74B23B

triadic

#AFB23B #3BAFB2 #B23BAF

tetradic

#AFB23B #3BB27A #3E3BB2 #B23B74

square

#AFB23B #3BB27A #3E3BB2 #B23B74

split-complementary

#AFB23B #3B74B2 #7A3BB2

monochromatic

#55561D #82842C #AFB23B #C8CA60 #D8DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#AFB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB23B

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB23B	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)

#C0AA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.139 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac878',
    500: '#afb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb23b;
$custom-light: #cac878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73903,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB23B

secondary

#8685C4

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB23B

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

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