#AFBE52#AFBE52

#AFBE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE52
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -20.41, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 55.62, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0593 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.134 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6163, 46.5505, 14.9845)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE52 #6152BE

analogous

#BE9752 #AFBE52 #79BE52

triadic

#AFBE52 #52AFBE #BE52AF

tetradic

#AFBE52 #52BE97 #6152BE #BE5279

square

#AFBE52 #52BE97 #6152BE #BE5279

split-complementary

#AFBE52 #5279BE #9752BE

monochromatic

#636D29 #8C993A #AFBE52 #C4CF7E #D8DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AFBE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#AFBE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE52

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE52	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d186',
    500: '#afbe52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe52;
$custom-light: #c9d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76795,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE52

secondary

#A59FCD

accent

#53D565

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE52

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

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