#AFBD59#AFBD59

#AFBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBD59
RGB	rgb(175, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -19.31, 48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 51.98, 111.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0555 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.126 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6805, 46.2309, 16.3877)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBD59 #6759BD

analogous

#BD9959 #AFBD59 #7DBD59

triadic

#AFBD59 #59AFBD #BD59AF

tetradic

#AFBD59 #59BD99 #6759BD #BD597D

square

#AFBD59 #59BD99 #6759BD #BD597D

split-complementary

#AFBD59 #597DBD #9959BD

monochromatic

#666F2C #8E9B3E #AFBD59 #C4CE85 #D9E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AFBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBD59

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBD59	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d08b',
    500: '#afbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbd59;
$custom-light: #c9d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76654,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBD59

secondary

#AAA4CE

accent

#55D367

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBD59

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

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