#AFBE5B#AFBE5B

#AFBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBE5B
RGB	rgb(175, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -19.63, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 51.55, 112.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0562 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.126 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9815, 46.6966, 16.9080)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBE5B #6A5BBE

analogous

#BE9B5B #AFBE5B #7DBE5B

triadic

#AFBE5B #5BAFBE #BE5BAF

tetradic

#AFBE5B #5BBE9B #6A5BBE #BE5B7D

square

#AFBE5B #5BBE9B #6A5BBE #BE5B7D

split-complementary

#AFBE5B #5B7DBE #9B5BBE

monochromatic

#67722D #8F9D3E #AFBE5B #C4CF87 #DAE1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#AFBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#AFBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBE5B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBE5B	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d18c',
    500: '#afbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbe5b;
$custom-light: #c9d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBE5B

secondary

#ACA6CF

accent

#55D368

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBE5B

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

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