#AFB837#AFB837

#AFB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.148 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB837
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.23, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 63.95, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0587 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.148 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5103, 43.6715, 10.1725)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB837 #4037B8

analogous

#B88137 #AFB837 #6FB837

triadic

#AFB837 #37AFB8 #B837AF

tetradic

#AFB837 #37B881 #4037B8 #B8376F

square

#AFB837 #37B881 #4037B8 #B8376F

split-complementary

#AFB837 #376FB8 #8137B8

monochromatic

#555A1B #828929 #AFB837 #C7CF5D #D7DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AFB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#AFB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB837

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB837	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)

#C6AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.148 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd76',
    500: '#afb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb837;
$custom-light: #cacd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75209,
    "c": 0.14806,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB837

secondary

#8884C7

accent

#4ADD55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB837

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

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