#AFBD50#AFBD50

#AFBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.135 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD50
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -20.07, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 56.03, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0586 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.135 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3255, 46.0888, 14.5176)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD50 #5E50BD

analogous

#BD9450 #AFBD50 #79BD50

triadic

#AFBD50 #50AFBD #BD50AF

tetradic

#AFBD50 #50BD94 #5E50BD #BD5079

square

#AFBD50 #50BD94 #5E50BD #BD5079

split-complementary

#AFBD50 #5079BD #9450BD

monochromatic

#626A28 #8B9739 #AFBD50 #C3CE7C #D8DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#AFBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AFBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD50

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD50	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.135 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d085',
    500: '#afbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd50;
$custom-light: #c9d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.706,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7655,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD50

secondary

#A39DCC

accent

#53D564

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD50

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

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