#AFB437#AFB437

#AFB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.144 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB437
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -17.22, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 62.31, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0531 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.144 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6911, 42.0332, 9.8995)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB437 #3C37B4

analogous

#B47A37 #AFB437 #70B437

triadic

#AFB437 #37AFB4 #B437AF

tetradic

#AFB437 #37B47A #3C37B4 #B43770

square

#AFB437 #37B47A #3C37B4 #B43770

split-complementary

#AFB437 #3770B4 #7A37B4

monochromatic

#54561A #818529 #AFB437 #C8CD5B #D8DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AFB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#AFB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB437

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB437	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.144 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca76',
    500: '#afb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb437;
$custom-light: #caca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74317,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB437

secondary

#8481C6

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB437

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

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