#AFBE56#AFBE56

#AFBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.130 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE56
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -20.07, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 53.83, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.058 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.13 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7730, 46.6132, 15.8097)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE56 #6556BE

analogous

#BE9956 #AFBE56 #7BBE56

triadic

#AFBE56 #56AFBE #BE56AF

tetradic

#AFBE56 #56BE99 #6556BE #BE567B

square

#AFBE56 #56BE99 #6556BE #BE567B

split-complementary

#AFBE56 #567BBE #9956BE

monochromatic

#656F2B #8D9B3C #AFBE56 #C4CF82 #D9E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AFBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#AFBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE56

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE56	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.130 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d189',
    500: '#afbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe56;
$custom-light: #c9d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.654,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76841,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE56

secondary

#A8A2CE

accent

#54D466

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE56

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

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