#AFBE49#AFBE49

#AFBE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.142 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE49
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -21.10, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 59.50, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0622 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.142 116)
XYZ	xyz(37.2960, 46.4224, 13.2977)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE49 #5849BE

analogous

#BE9349 #AFBE49 #75BE49

triadic

#AFBE49 #49AFBE #BE49AF

tetradic

#AFBE49 #49BE93 #5849BE #BE4975

square

#AFBE49 #49BE93 #5849BE #BE4975

split-complementary

#AFBE49 #4975BE #9349BE

monochromatic

#5F6825 #889535 #AFBE49 #C3CE76 #D7DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AFBE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#AFBE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE49

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE49	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.142 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d181',
    500: '#afbe49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe49;
$custom-light: #c9d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76703,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.46422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE49

secondary

#9E98CB

accent

#51D762

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE49

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

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