#AFBE38#AFBE38

#AFBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.154 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE38
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -22.16, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 66.10, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0668 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.154 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8074, 46.2270, 10.7243)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE38 #4738BE

analogous

#BE8A38 #AFBE38 #6CBE38

triadic

#AFBE38 #38AFBE #BE38AF

tetradic

#AFBE38 #38BE8A #4738BE #BE386C

square

#AFBE38 #38BE8A #4738BE #BE386C

split-complementary

#AFBE38 #386CBE #8A38BE

monochromatic

#585F1C #838F2A #AFBE38 #C4D162 #D6DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AFBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE38

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.154 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad177',
    500: '#afbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe38;
$custom-light: #cad177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE38

secondary

#8F88CA

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE38

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

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