#AFBE2A#AFBE2A

#AFBE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.162 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE2A
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -22.81, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 70.64, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0698 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.162 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5116, 46.1086, 9.1665)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE2A #392ABE

analogous

#BE832A #AFBE2A #65BE2A

triadic

#AFBE2A #2AAFBE #BE2AAF

tetradic

#AFBE2A #2ABE83 #392ABE #BE2A65

square

#AFBE2A #2ABE83 #392ABE #BE2A65

split-complementary

#AFBE2A #2A65BE #832ABE

monochromatic

#535A14 #818C1F #AFBE2A #CAD84D #D9E380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#AFBE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE2A

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE2A	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)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.162 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd171',
    500: '#afbe2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe2a;
$custom-light: #cbd171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.081,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76475,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE2A

secondary

#8178CB

accent

#41E752

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE2A

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

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