#AFBD51#AFBD51

#AFBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD51
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -19.99, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 55.59, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0582 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.134 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3627, 46.1037, 14.7136)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD51 #5F51BD

analogous

#BD9551 #AFBD51 #79BD51

triadic

#AFBD51 #51AFBD #BD51AF

tetradic

#AFBD51 #51BD95 #5F51BD #BD5179

square

#AFBD51 #51BD95 #5F51BD #BD5179

split-complementary

#AFBD51 #5179BD #9551BD

monochromatic

#626B29 #8B9739 #AFBD51 #C3CE7D #D8DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AFBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD51

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD51	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d086',
    500: '#afbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd51;
$custom-light: #c9d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD51

secondary

#A49ECC

accent

#53D564

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD51

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

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