#AFBD38#AFBD38

#AFBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD38
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -21.66, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 65.68, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0654 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.153 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5916, 45.7953, 10.6524)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD38 #4638BD

analogous

#BD8838 #AFBD38 #6CBD38

triadic

#AFBD38 #38AFBD #BD38AF

tetradic

#AFBD38 #38BD88 #4638BD #BD386C

square

#AFBD38 #38BD88 #4638BD #BD386C

split-complementary

#AFBD38 #386CBD #8838BD

monochromatic

#585F1C #838E2A #AFBD38 #C5D062 #D6DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AFBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD38

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD38	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)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad077',
    500: '#afbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd38;
$custom-light: #cad077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD38

secondary

#8E87C9

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD38

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

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