#AFB537#AFB537

#AFB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.145 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB537
RGB	rgb(175, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -17.72, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 62.72, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0545 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.145 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8937, 42.4384, 9.9670)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB537 #3D37B5

analogous

#B57C37 #AFB537 #70B537

triadic

#AFB537 #37AFB5 #B537AF

tetradic

#AFB537 #37B57C #3D37B5 #B53770

square

#AFB537 #37B57C #3D37B5 #B53770

split-complementary

#AFB537 #3770B5 #7C37B5

monochromatic

#54571A #828629 #AFB537 #C8CD5C #D8DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AFB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB537

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB537	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.145 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb76',
    500: '#afb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb537;
$custom-light: #cacb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB537

secondary

#8582C6

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB537

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

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