#AFBE3B#AFBE3B

#AFBE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.152 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE3B
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -21.99, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 65.02, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.066 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.152 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8830, 46.2572, 11.1224)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE3B #4A3BBE

analogous

#BE8C3B #AFBE3B #6EBE3B

triadic

#AFBE3B #3BAFBE #BE3BAF

tetradic

#AFBE3B #3BBE8C #4A3BBE #BE3B6E

square

#AFBE3B #3BBE8C #4A3BBE #BE3B6E

split-complementary

#AFBE3B #3B6EBE #8C3BBE

monochromatic

#59611E #848F2C #AFBE3B #C4D067 #D6DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#AFBE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE3B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE3B	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)

#CBB426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.152 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad179',
    500: '#afbe3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe3b;
$custom-light: #cad179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.87,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76583,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE3B

secondary

#928BCA

accent

#4CDC5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE3B

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

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