#AFBD40#AFBD40

#AFBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.147 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD40
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -21.20, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 62.69, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0634 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.147 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8031, 45.8799, 11.7664)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD40 #4E40BD

analogous

#BD8D40 #AFBD40 #71BD40

triadic

#AFBD40 #40AFBD #BD40AF

tetradic

#AFBD40 #40BD8D #4E40BD #BD4071

square

#AFBD40 #40BD8D #4E40BD #BD4071

split-complementary

#AFBD40 #4071BD #8D40BD

monochromatic

#5A6221 #858F31 #AFBD40 #C3CD6D #D6DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AFBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#AFBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD40

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD40	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.147 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad07b',
    500: '#afbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd40;
$custom-light: #cad07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76398,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD40

secondary

#9690C9

accent

#4FD95E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD40

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

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