#AFBA38#AFBA38

#AFBA38 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	#AFBA38
RGB	rgb(175, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -20.18, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 64.42, 108.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0613 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.15 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9529, 44.5180, 10.4395)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBA38 #4338BA

analogous

#BA8438 #AFBA38 #6EBA38

triadic

#AFBA38 #38AFBA #BA38AF

tetradic

#AFBA38 #38BA84 #4338BA #BA386E

square

#AFBA38 #38BA84 #4338BA #BA386E

split-complementary

#AFBA38 #386EBA #8438BA

monochromatic

#565C1C #838B2A #AFBA38 #C6CF60 #D7DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AFBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#AFBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBA38

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBA38	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)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.150 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace77',
    500: '#afba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afba38;
$custom-light: #cace77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBA38

secondary

#8B86C8

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBA38

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

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