#AFB42A#AFB42A

#AFB42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.151 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB42A
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -17.83, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 66.74, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.056 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.151 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4196, 41.9245, 8.4692)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB42A #2F2AB4

analogous

#B4742A #AFB42A #6AB42A

triadic

#AFB42A #2AAFB4 #B42AAF

tetradic

#AFB42A #2AB474 #2F2AB4 #B42A6A

square

#AFB42A #2AB474 #2F2AB4 #B42A6A

split-complementary

#AFB42A #2A6AB4 #742AB4

monochromatic

#4F5113 #7F821E #AFB42A #CFD447 #DCE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#AFB42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#AFB42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB42A

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB42A	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.151 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbca6f',
    500: '#afb42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb42a;
$custom-light: #cbca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.15139,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB42A

secondary

#7572C8

accent

#43E548

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB42A

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

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