#AFBC59#AFBC59

#AFBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.125 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBC59
RGB	rgb(175, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -18.81, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 51.49, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0541 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.125 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4662, 45.8021, 16.3162)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBC59 #6659BC

analogous

#BC9859 #AFBC59 #7EBC59

triadic

#AFBC59 #59AFBC #BC59AF

tetradic

#AFBC59 #59BC98 #6659BC #BC597E

square

#AFBC59 #59BC98 #6659BC #BC597E

split-complementary

#AFBC59 #597EBC #9859BC

monochromatic

#666E2C #8E9A3E #AFBC59 #C4CE85 #D9DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AFBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBC59

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBC59	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.125 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d08b',
    500: '#afbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbc59;
$custom-light: #c9d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.879,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76431,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBC59

secondary

#A9A3CD

accent

#56D266

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBC59

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

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