#AFBD55#AFBD55

#AFBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.130 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD55
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -19.66, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 53.80, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0569 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.13 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5171, 46.1655, 15.5270)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD55 #6355BD

analogous

#BD9755 #AFBD55 #7BBD55

triadic

#AFBD55 #55AFBD #BD55AF

tetradic

#AFBD55 #55BD97 #6355BD #BD557B

square

#AFBD55 #55BD97 #6355BD #BD557B

split-complementary

#AFBD55 #557BBD #9755BD

monochromatic

#646D2A #8D993C #AFBD55 #C4CE81 #D8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#AFBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD55

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD55	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.130 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d088',
    500: '#afbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd55;
$custom-light: #c9d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76606,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD55

secondary

#A7A1CD

accent

#54D465

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD55

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

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