#AFB451#AFB451

#AFB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.123 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB451
RGB	rgb(175, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -15.45, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 51.41, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0454 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.123 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4865, 42.3513, 14.0882)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB451 #5651B4

analogous

#B48751 #AFB451 #7DB451

triadic

#AFB451 #51AFB4 #B451AF

tetradic

#AFB451 #51B487 #5651B4 #B4517D

square

#AFB451 #51B487 #5651B4 #B4517D

split-complementary

#AFB451 #517DB4 #8751B4

monochromatic

#5E612A #888C3C #AFB451 #C3C67C #D6D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AFB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#AFB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB451

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB451	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.123 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ca85',
    500: '#afb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb451;
$custom-light: #c9ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.03,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74562,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB451

secondary

#9D9BC6

accent

#58D05E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB451

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

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