#AFBA42#AFBA42

#AFBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBA42
RGB	rgb(175, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -19.58, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 60.58, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0586 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.143 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2224, 44.6258, 11.8587)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBA42 #4D42BA

analogous

#BA8942 #AFBA42 #73BA42

triadic

#AFBA42 #42AFBA #BA42AF

tetradic

#AFBA42 #42BA89 #4D42BA #BA4273

square

#AFBA42 #42BA89 #4D42BA #BA4273

split-complementary

#AFBA42 #4273BA #8942BA

monochromatic

#5A6022 #858D32 #AFBA42 #C3CB6E #D6DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#AFBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#AFBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBA42

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBA42	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace7c',
    500: '#afba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afba42;
$custom-light: #cace7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBA42

secondary

#9590C8

accent

#51D75D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBA42

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

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