#AFB438#AFB438

#AFB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.143 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB438
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -17.16, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 61.94, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0529 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.143 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7153, 42.0428, 10.0270)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB438 #3D38B4

analogous

#B47B38 #AFB438 #71B438

triadic

#AFB438 #38AFB4 #B438AF

tetradic

#AFB438 #38B47B #3D38B4 #B43871

square

#AFB438 #38B47B #3D38B4 #B43871

split-complementary

#AFB438 #3871B4 #7B38B4

monochromatic

#54571B #828529 #AFB438 #C8CD5D #D8DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AFB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#AFB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB438

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB438	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.143 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca76',
    500: '#afb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb438;
$custom-light: #caca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB438

secondary

#8582C5

accent

#4CDC52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB438

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

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