#AFBE55#AFBE55

#AFBE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.131 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE55
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -20.16, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 54.28, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0583 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.131 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7330, 46.5972, 15.5990)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE55 #6455BE

analogous

#BE9955 #AFBE55 #7BBE55

triadic

#AFBE55 #55AFBE #BE55AF

tetradic

#AFBE55 #55BE99 #6455BE #BE557B

square

#AFBE55 #55BE99 #6455BE #BE557B

split-complementary

#AFBE55 #557BBE #9955BE

monochromatic

#656E2A #8D9B3B #AFBE55 #C4CF81 #D9E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#AFBE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#AFBE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE55

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE55	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.131 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d188',
    500: '#afbe55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe55;
$custom-light: #c9d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76829,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE55

secondary

#A7A1CE

accent

#53D466

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE55

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

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