#AFBA56#AFBA56

#AFBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBA56
RGB	rgb(175, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -18.07, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 51.91, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0523 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.125 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9185, 44.9042, 15.5248)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBA56 #6156BA

analogous

#BA9356 #AFBA56 #7DBA56

triadic

#AFBA56 #56AFBA #BA56AF

tetradic

#AFBA56 #56BA93 #6156BA #BA567D

square

#AFBA56 #56BA93 #6156BA #BA567D

split-complementary

#AFBA56 #567DBA #9356BA

monochromatic

#636A2B #8C963D #AFBA56 #C4CC81 #D8DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#AFBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#AFBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBA56

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBA56	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ce89',
    500: '#afba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afba56;
$custom-light: #c9ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7595,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBA56

secondary

#A5A0CB

accent

#56D264

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBA56

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

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