#AFB949#AFB949

#AFB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB949
RGB	rgb(175, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -18.60, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 57.23, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0551 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.136 114)
XYZ	xyz(36.2316, 44.2936, 12.9429)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB949 #5349B9

analogous

#B98B49 #AFB949 #77B949

triadic

#AFB949 #49AFB9 #B949AF

tetradic

#AFB949 #49B98B #5349B9 #B94977

square

#AFB949 #49B98B #5349B9 #B94977

split-complementary

#AFB949 #4977B9 #8B49B9

monochromatic

#5D6226 #868E37 #AFB949 #C2CA75 #D6DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AFB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#AFB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB949

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB949	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd80',
    500: '#afb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb949;
$custom-light: #c9cd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.44293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB949

secondary

#9A96C8

accent

#54D45F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB949

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

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