#AF8B1B#AF8B1B

#AF8B1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B1B
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 84.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 3.36, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 59.04, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0023 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.126 89)
XYZ	xyz(27.1114, 27.6602, 4.9477)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B1B #1B3FAF

analogous

#AF411B #AF8B1B #89AF1B

triadic

#AF8B1B #1BAF8B #8B1BAF

tetradic

#AF8B1B #1BAF41 #1B3FAF #AF1B89

square

#AF8B1B #1BAF41 #1B3FAF #AF1B89

split-complementary

#AF8B1B #1B89AF #411BAF

monochromatic

#45370B #7A6113 #AF8B1B #DEB229 #E6C55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AF8B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AF8B1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B1B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B1B	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac64',
    500: '#af8b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b1b;
$custom-light: #ccac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.27658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B1B

secondary

#5B76CA

accent

#65F038

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B1B

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

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