#AFBD37#AFBD37

#AFBD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.154 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD37
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -21.72, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 66.03, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0657 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.154 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5673, 45.7856, 10.5249)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD37 #4537BD

analogous

#BD8837 #AFBD37 #6CBD37

triadic

#AFBD37 #37AFBD #BD37AF

tetradic

#AFBD37 #37BD88 #4537BD #BD376C

square

#AFBD37 #37BD88 #4537BD #BD376C

split-complementary

#AFBD37 #376CBD #8837BD

monochromatic

#575E1B #838E29 #AFBD37 #C5D160 #D6DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AFBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD37

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD37	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)

#CAB31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.154 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad077',
    500: '#afbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd37;
$custom-light: #cad077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76329,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD37

secondary

#8D86C9

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD37

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

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