#AFB440#AFB440

#AFB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.137 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB440
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -16.69, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 58.80, 106.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0507 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.137 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9269, 42.1275, 11.1410)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB440 #4540B4

analogous

#B47F40 #AFB440 #75B440

triadic

#AFB440 #40AFB4 #B440AF

tetradic

#AFB440 #40B47F #4540B4 #B44075

square

#AFB440 #40B47F #4540B4 #B44075

split-complementary

#AFB440 #4075B4 #7F40B4

monochromatic

#575A20 #838730 #AFB440 #C5C968 #D6D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AFB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AFB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB440

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB440	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.137 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca7b',
    500: '#afb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb440;
$custom-light: #caca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB440

secondary

#8D8BC5

accent

#51D756

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB440

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

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