#AFBE50#AFBE50

#AFBE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE50
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -20.57, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 56.50, 111.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.06 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.136 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5413, 46.5205, 14.5896)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE50 #5F50BE

analogous

#BE9650 #AFBE50 #78BE50

triadic

#AFBE50 #50AFBE #BE50AF

tetradic

#AFBE50 #50BE96 #5F50BE #BE5078

square

#AFBE50 #50BE96 #5F50BE #BE5078

split-complementary

#AFBE50 #5078BE #9650BE

monochromatic

#626C28 #8B9839 #AFBE50 #C3CF7D #D8DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AFBE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#AFBE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE50

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE50	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d185',
    500: '#afbe50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe50;
$custom-light: #c9d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76774,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE50

secondary

#A49DCD

accent

#52D564

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE50

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

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