#AFB251#AFB251

#AFB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB251
RGB	rgb(175, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -14.43, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 50.51, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0425 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.121 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0856, 41.5496, 13.9546)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB251 #5451B2

analogous

#B28451 #AFB251 #7EB251

triadic

#AFB251 #51AFB2 #B251AF

tetradic

#AFB251 #51B284 #5451B2 #B2517E

square

#AFB251 #51B284 #5451B2 #B2517E

split-complementary

#AFB251 #517EB2 #8451B2

monochromatic

#5D5F2A #87893D #AFB251 #C3C57B #D6D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#AFB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#AFB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB251

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB251	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c885',
    500: '#afb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb251;
$custom-light: #c9c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.856,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7412,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB251

secondary

#9B9AC5

accent

#59CF5D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB251

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

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