#AFBE59#AFBE59

#AFBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE59
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -19.81, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 52.47, 112.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0569 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.128 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8964, 46.6626, 16.4596)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE59 #6859BE

analogous

#BE9B59 #AFBE59 #7DBE59

triadic

#AFBE59 #59AFBE #BE59AF

tetradic

#AFBE59 #59BE9B #6859BE #BE597D

square

#AFBE59 #59BE9B #6859BE #BE597D

split-complementary

#AFBE59 #597DBE #9B59BE

monochromatic

#66712C #8E9D3D #AFBE59 #C4CF85 #D9E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AFBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#AFBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE59

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE59	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d18b',
    500: '#afbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe59;
$custom-light: #c9d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.911,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76876,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE59

secondary

#AAA4CF

accent

#54D367

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE59

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

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