#AFBD42#AFBD42

#AFBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.146 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD42
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -21.08, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 61.90, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0628 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.146 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8610, 45.9031, 12.0716)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD42 #5042BD

analogous

#BD8D42 #AFBD42 #72BD42

triadic

#AFBD42 #42AFBD #BD42AF

tetradic

#AFBD42 #42BD8D #5042BD #BD4272

square

#AFBD42 #42BD8D #5042BD #BD4272

split-complementary

#AFBD42 #4272BD #8D42BD

monochromatic

#5B6222 #859032 #AFBD42 #C2CD6F #D5DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AFBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#AFBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD42

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD42	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)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.146 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad07d',
    500: '#afbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd42;
$custom-light: #cad07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.829,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76415,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD42

secondary

#9892C9

accent

#50D85F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD42

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

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