#AFBF51#AFBF51

#AFBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBF51
RGB	rgb(175, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -20.98, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 56.54, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.061 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.136 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7959, 46.9701, 14.8580)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBF51 #6151BF

analogous

#BF9851 #AFBF51 #78BF51

triadic

#AFBF51 #51AFBF #BF51AF

tetradic

#AFBF51 #51BF98 #6151BF #BF5178

square

#AFBF51 #51BF98 #6151BF #BF5178

split-complementary

#AFBF51 #5178BF #9851BF

monochromatic

#636D28 #8C9A39 #AFBF51 #C4CF7E #D8E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AFBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#AFBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBF51

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBF51	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d286',
    500: '#afbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbf51;
$custom-light: #c9d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBF51

secondary

#A59ECE

accent

#52D665

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBF51

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

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