#AFB842#AFB842

#AFB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB842
RGB	rgb(175, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 64.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -18.58, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 59.70, 108.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0558 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.14 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8040, 43.7890, 11.7192)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB842 #4B42B8

analogous

#B88642 #AFB842 #74B842

triadic

#AFB842 #42AFB8 #B842AF

tetradic

#AFB842 #42B886 #4B42B8 #B84274

square

#AFB842 #42B886 #4B42B8 #B84274

split-complementary

#AFB842 #4274B8 #8642B8

monochromatic

#595E22 #848B32 #AFB842 #C3CB6D #D6DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#AFB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#AFB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB842

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB842	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd7c',
    500: '#afb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb842;
$custom-light: #cacd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.576,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75297,
    "c": 0.14028,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB842

secondary

#938FC7

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB842

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

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