#AFB940#AFB940

#AFB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB940
RGB	rgb(175, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -19.21, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 60.94, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0578 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9545, 44.1827, 11.4836)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB940 #4A40B9

analogous

#B98740 #AFB940 #73B940

triadic

#AFB940 #40AFB9 #B940AF

tetradic

#AFB940 #40B987 #4A40B9 #B94073

square

#AFB940 #40B987 #4A40B9 #B94073

split-complementary

#AFB940 #4073B9 #8740B9

monochromatic

#595E21 #848C30 #AFB940 #C4CC6B #D6DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AFB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#AFB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB940

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB940	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacd7b',
    500: '#afb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb940;
$custom-light: #cacd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.959,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75503,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB940

secondary

#928EC7

accent

#50D85B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB940

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

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