#AFB53B#AFB53B

#AFB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB53B
RGB	rgb(175, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -17.50, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 61.21, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0535 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.142 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9935, 42.4783, 10.4926)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB53B #413BB5

analogous

#B57E3B #AFB53B #72B53B

triadic

#AFB53B #3BAFB5 #B53BAF

tetradic

#AFB53B #3BB57E #413BB5 #B53B72

square

#AFB53B #3BB57E #413BB5 #B53B72

split-complementary

#AFB53B #3B72B5 #7E3BB5

monochromatic

#56591D #82872C #AFB53B #C6CC62 #D7DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#AFB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB53B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB53B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb78',
    500: '#afb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb53b;
$custom-light: #cacb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7457,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB53B

secondary

#8986C6

accent

#4DDA54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB53B

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

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