#AFBE40#AFBE40

#AFBE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.149 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE40
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -21.70, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 63.13, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0647 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.149 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0189, 46.3116, 11.8384)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE40 #4F40BE

analogous

#BE8E40 #AFBE40 #70BE40

triadic

#AFBE40 #40AFBE #BE40AF

tetradic

#AFBE40 #40BE8E #4F40BE #BE4070

square

#AFBE40 #40BE8E #4F40BE #BE4070

split-complementary

#AFBE40 #4070BE #8E40BE

monochromatic

#5B6221 #859031 #AFBE40 #C2CE6D #D5DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#AFBE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE40

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE40	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.149 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad17c',
    500: '#afbe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe40;
$custom-light: #cad17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.143,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE40

secondary

#9790C9

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE40

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

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