#AFB538#AFB538

#AFB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.144 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB538
RGB	rgb(175, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -17.67, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 62.35, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0543 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.144 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9179, 42.4480, 10.0945)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB538 #3E38B5

analogous

#B57D38 #AFB538 #71B538

triadic

#AFB538 #38AFB5 #B538AF

tetradic

#AFB538 #38B57D #3E38B5 #B53871

square

#AFB538 #38B57D #3E38B5 #B53871

split-complementary

#AFB538 #3871B5 #7D38B5

monochromatic

#55581B #82862A #AFB538 #C8CD5D #D8DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#AFB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB538

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB538	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.144 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb76',
    500: '#afb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb538;
$custom-light: #cacb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB538

secondary

#8683C6

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB538

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

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