#AFBE42#AFBE42

#AFBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.147 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE42
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -21.57, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 62.34, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0642 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.147 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0769, 46.3347, 12.1435)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE42 #5142BE

analogous

#BE8F42 #AFBE42 #71BE42

triadic

#AFBE42 #42AFBE #BE42AF

tetradic

#AFBE42 #42BE8F #5142BE #BE4271

square

#AFBE42 #42BE8F #5142BE #BE4271

split-complementary

#AFBE42 #4271BE #8F42BE

monochromatic

#5C6322 #859132 #AFBE42 #C2CE70 #D6DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#AFBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#AFBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE42

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE42	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.147 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad17d',
    500: '#afbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe42;
$custom-light: #cad17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76639,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE42

secondary

#9992CA

accent

#4FD860

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE42

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

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