#AFB540#AFB540

#AFB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.138 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB540
RGB	rgb(175, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -17.20, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 59.23, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0521 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.138 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1295, 42.5327, 11.2086)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB540 #4640B5

analogous

#B58040 #AFB540 #74B540

triadic

#AFB540 #40AFB5 #B540AF

tetradic

#AFB540 #40B580 #4640B5 #B54074

square

#AFB540 #40B580 #4640B5 #B54074

split-complementary

#AFB540 #4074B5 #8040B5

monochromatic

#585B20 #838830 #AFB540 #C5CA68 #D6DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#AFB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#AFB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB540

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB540	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.138 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacb7b',
    500: '#afb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb540;
$custom-light: #cacb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB540

secondary

#8E8BC5

accent

#50D757

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB540

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

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