#AFB242#AFB242

#AFB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB242
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -15.54, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 57.13, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0473 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.134 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5840, 41.3490, 11.3126)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB242 #4542B2

analogous

#B27D42 #AFB242 #77B242

triadic

#AFB242 #42AFB2 #B242AF

tetradic

#AFB242 #42B27D #4542B2 #B24277

square

#AFB242 #42B27D #4542B2 #B24277

split-complementary

#AFB242 #4277B2 #7D42B2

monochromatic

#575921 #838531 #AFB242 #C5C86A #D6D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#AFB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#AFB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB242

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB242	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac87c',
    500: '#afb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb242;
$custom-light: #cac87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73964,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB242

secondary

#8D8CC4

accent

#52D656

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB242

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

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