#AFB240#AFB240

#AFB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB240
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -15.67, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 57.96, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0478 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.135 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5260, 41.3258, 11.0074)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB240 #4340B2

analogous

#B27C40 #AFB240 #76B240

triadic

#AFB240 #40AFB2 #B240AF

tetradic

#AFB240 #40B27C #4340B2 #B24076

square

#AFB240 #40B27C #4340B2 #B24076

split-complementary

#AFB240 #4076B2 #7C40B2

monochromatic

#565820 #838530 #AFB240 #C6C867 #D7D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#AFB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB240

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB240	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac87b',
    500: '#afb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb240;
$custom-light: #cac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.579,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB240

secondary

#8B8AC4

accent

#51D755

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB240

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

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