#AFB531#AFB531

#AFB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB531
RGB	rgb(175, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -18.03, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 64.85, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0559 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.149 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7586, 42.3843, 9.2551)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB531 #3731B5

analogous

#B57931 #AFB531 #6DB531

triadic

#AFB531 #31AFB5 #B531AF

tetradic

#AFB531 #31B579 #3731B5 #B5316D

square

#AFB531 #31B579 #3731B5 #B5316D

split-complementary

#AFB531 #316DB5 #7931B5

monochromatic

#525517 #808524 #AFB531 #CBD053 #D9DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#AFB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#AFB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB531

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB531	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb73',
    500: '#afb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb531;
$custom-light: #cacb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74498,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB531

secondary

#7F7BC7

accent

#47E14E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB531

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

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