#AFB838#AFB838

#AFB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.147 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB838
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.18, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 63.58, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0585 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.147 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5345, 43.6812, 10.3000)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB838 #4138B8

analogous

#B88138 #AFB838 #6FB838

triadic

#AFB838 #38AFB8 #B838AF

tetradic

#AFB838 #38B881 #4138B8 #B8386F

square

#AFB838 #38B881 #4138B8 #B8386F

split-complementary

#AFB838 #386FB8 #8138B8

monochromatic

#565A1B #82892A #AFB838 #C6CE5F #D7DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#AFB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#AFB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB838

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB838	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.147 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd77',
    500: '#afb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb838;
$custom-light: #cacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB838

secondary

#8985C7

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB838

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

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