#AFB738#AFB738

#AFB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.146 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB738
RGB	rgb(175, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -18.68, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 63.17, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0571 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.146 113)
XYZ	xyz(35.3275, 43.2672, 10.2310)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB738 #4038B7

analogous

#B78038 #AFB738 #6FB738

triadic

#AFB738 #38AFB7 #B738AF

tetradic

#AFB738 #38B780 #4038B7 #B7386F

square

#AFB738 #38B780 #4038B7 #B7386F

split-complementary

#AFB738 #386FB7 #8038B7

monochromatic

#55591B #82882A #AFB738 #C7CE5E #D7DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#AFB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#AFB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB738

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB738	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacc77',
    500: '#afb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb738;
$custom-light: #cacc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74993,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.43266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB738

secondary

#8884C7

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB738

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

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