#AFBF59#AFBF59

#AFBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFBF59
RGB	rgb(175, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -20.31, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 52.96, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0583 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.129 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1137, 47.0972, 16.5321)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFBF59 #6959BF

analogous

#BF9C59 #AFBF59 #7CBF59

triadic

#AFBF59 #59AFBF #BF59AF

tetradic

#AFBF59 #59BF9C #6959BF #BF597C

square

#AFBF59 #59BF9C #6959BF #BF597C

split-complementary

#AFBF59 #597CBF #9C59BF

monochromatic

#67722C #8F9E3D #AFBF59 #C4D085 #DAE1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AFBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#AFBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFBF59

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFBF59	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d28b',
    500: '#afbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afbf59;
$custom-light: #c9d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFBF59

secondary

#ABA4CF

accent

#54D468

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFBF59

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

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