#AFBD21#AFBD21

#AFBD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.165 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD21
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -22.63, 69.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 72.64, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0699 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.165 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1524, 45.6196, 8.3396)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD21 #2F21BD

analogous

#BD7D21 #AFBD21 #61BD21

triadic

#AFBD21 #21AFBD #BD21AF

tetradic

#AFBD21 #21BD7D #2F21BD #BD2161

square

#AFBD21 #21BD7D #2F21BD #BD2161

split-complementary

#AFBD21 #2161BD #7D21BD

monochromatic

#4F550F #7F8918 #AFBD21 #CFDD3E #DCE672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#AFBD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD21

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD21	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.165 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd06d',
    500: '#afbd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd21;
$custom-light: #cbd06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD21

secondary

#756DCD

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD21

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

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