#AFB951#AFB951

#AFB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFB951
RGB	rgb(175, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -17.99, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 53.72, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0526 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.129 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5141, 44.4066, 14.4308)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFB951 #5B51B9

analogous

#B98F51 #AFB951 #7BB951

triadic

#AFB951 #51AFB9 #B951AF

tetradic

#AFB951 #51B98F #5B51B9 #B9517B

square

#AFB951 #51B98F #5B51B9 #B9517B

split-complementary

#AFB951 #517BB9 #8F51B9

monochromatic

#616629 #8A923B #AFB951 #C3CB7D #D7DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#AFB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#AFB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFB951

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFB951	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cd85',
    500: '#afb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afb951;
$custom-light: #c9cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7567,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFB951

secondary

#A19CCA

accent

#55D261

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFB951

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

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