#AFB836#AFB836

#AFB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.149 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB836
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -19.28, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 64.31, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.059 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.149 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4866, 43.6620, 10.0476)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB836 #3F36B8

analogous

#B88036 #AFB836 #6EB836

triadic

#AFB836 #36AFB8 #B836AF

tetradic

#AFB836 #36B880 #3F36B8 #B8366E

square

#AFB836 #36B880 #3F36B8 #B8366E

split-complementary

#AFB836 #366EB8 #8036B8

monochromatic

#55591A #828928 #AFB836 #C7CF5C #D7DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AFB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AFB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB836

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB836	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.149 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd76',
    500: '#afb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb836;
$custom-light: #cacd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.154,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75202,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB836

secondary

#8782C7

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB836

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

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