#AFBA3B#AFBA3B

#AFBA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.148 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBA3B
RGB	rgb(175, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -20.01, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 63.31, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0605 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.148 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0285, 44.5482, 10.8376)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBA3B #463BBA

analogous

#BA853B #AFBA3B #6FBA3B

triadic

#AFBA3B #3BAFBA #BA3BAF

tetradic

#AFBA3B #3BBA85 #463BBA #BA3B6F

square

#AFBA3B #3BBA85 #463BBA #BA3B6F

split-complementary

#AFBA3B #3B6FBA #853BBA

monochromatic

#585D1E #838C2C #AFBA3B #C5CE64 #D6DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AFBA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#AFBA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBA3B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBA3B	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.148 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace78',
    500: '#afba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afba3b;
$custom-light: #cace78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.197,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBA3B

secondary

#8E89C8

accent

#4DDB59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBA3B

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

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