#AFBD23#AFBD23

#AFBD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.164 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD23
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -22.57, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 72.15, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0696 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.164 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1813, 45.6312, 8.4915)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD23 #3123BD

analogous

#BD7E23 #AFBD23 #62BD23

triadic

#AFBD23 #23AFBD #BD23AF

tetradic

#AFBD23 #23BD7E #3123BD #BD2362

square

#AFBD23 #23BD7E #3123BD #BD2362

split-complementary

#AFBD23 #2362BD #7E23BD

monochromatic

#4F5610 #7F8919 #AFBD23 #CEDC41 #DBE575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#AFBD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD23

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD23	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.164 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd06e',
    500: '#afbd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd23;
$custom-light: #cbd06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.16395,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD23

secondary

#786FCD

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD23

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

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