#AFB442#AFB442

#AFB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.136 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB442
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -16.56, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 57.98, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0501 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.136 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9848, 42.1506, 11.4462)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB442 #4742B4

analogous

#B48042 #AFB442 #76B442

triadic

#AFB442 #42AFB4 #B442AF

tetradic

#AFB442 #42B480 #4742B4 #B44276

square

#AFB442 #42B480 #4742B4 #B44276

split-complementary

#AFB442 #4276B4 #8042B4

monochromatic

#585A21 #838732 #AFB442 #C4C96B #D6D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#AFB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#AFB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB442

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB442	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)

#C1AC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.136 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caca7c',
    500: '#afb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb442;
$custom-light: #caca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74407,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB442

secondary

#8F8DC5

accent

#52D658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB442

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

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