#AFBE37#AFBE37

#AFBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.155 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE37
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -22.21, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 66.46, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.067 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.155 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7832, 46.2173, 10.5968)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE37 #4637BE

analogous

#BE8A37 #AFBE37 #6BBE37

triadic

#AFBE37 #37AFBE #BE37AF

tetradic

#AFBE37 #37BE8A #4637BE #BE376B

square

#AFBE37 #37BE8A #4637BE #BE376B

split-complementary

#AFBE37 #376BBE #8A37BE

monochromatic

#585F1C #838F29 #AFBE37 #C5D161 #D6DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#AFBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE37

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE37	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.155 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad177',
    500: '#afbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe37;
$custom-light: #cad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76554,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE37

secondary

#8E87CA

accent

#49DE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE37

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

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