#AFBD3B#AFBD3B

#AFBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.151 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD3B
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -21.50, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 64.59, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0647 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.151 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6671, 45.8255, 11.0504)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD3B #493BBD

analogous

#BD8A3B #AFBD3B #6EBD3B

triadic

#AFBD3B #3BAFBD #BD3BAF

tetradic

#AFBD3B #3BBD8A #493BBD #BD3B6E

square

#AFBD3B #3BBD8A #493BBD #BD3B6E

split-complementary

#AFBD3B #3B6EBD #8A3BBD

monochromatic

#59601E #848E2C #AFBD3B #C4CF66 #D6DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#AFBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#AFBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD3B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD3B	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)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.151 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad079',
    500: '#afbd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd3b;
$custom-light: #cad079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76358,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD3B

secondary

#918BC9

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD3B

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

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