#AFB338#AFB338

#AFB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.142 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB338
RGB	rgb(175, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -16.66, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 61.53, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0514 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.142 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5142, 41.6406, 9.9599)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB338 #3C38B3

analogous

#B37938 #AFB338 #71B338

triadic

#AFB338 #38AFB3 #B338AF

tetradic

#AFB338 #38B379 #3C38B3 #B33871

square

#AFB338 #38B379 #3C38B3 #B33871

split-complementary

#AFB338 #3871B3 #7938B3

monochromatic

#54561B #818429 #AFB338 #C8CC5C #D8DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#AFB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#AFB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB338

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB338	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.142 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac976',
    500: '#afb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb338;
$custom-light: #cac976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74102,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB338

secondary

#8482C5

accent

#4CDC51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB338

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

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