#AFBA37#AFBA37

#AFBA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.150 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBA37
RGB	rgb(175, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -20.23, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 64.78, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0615 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.15 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9287, 44.5083, 10.3120)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBA37 #4237BA

analogous

#BA8337 #AFBA37 #6EBA37

triadic

#AFBA37 #37AFBA #BA37AF

tetradic

#AFBA37 #37BA83 #4237BA #BA376E

square

#AFBA37 #37BA83 #4237BA #BA376E

split-complementary

#AFBA37 #376EBA #8337BA

monochromatic

#565C1B #838B29 #AFBA37 #C6D05F #D7DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AFBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AFBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBA37

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBA37	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.150 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace76',
    500: '#afba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afba37;
$custom-light: #cace76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBA37

secondary

#8A85C8

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBA37

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

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