#AF8B1C#AF8B1C

#AF8B1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B1C
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 84%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 3.39, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 58.75, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0025 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.126 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1231, 27.6649, 5.0097)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B1C #1C40AF

analogous

#AF411C #AF8B1C #8AAF1C

triadic

#AF8B1C #1CAF8B #8B1CAF

tetradic

#AF8B1C #1CAF41 #1C40AF #AF1C8A

square

#AF8B1C #1CAF41 #1C40AF #AF1C8A

split-complementary

#AF8B1C #1C8AAF #411CAF

monochromatic

#45370B #7A6114 #AF8B1C #DDB22B #E6C560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AF8B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AF8B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B1C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B1C	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#A59424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccac64',
    500: '#af8b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b1c;
$custom-light: #ccac64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65288,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B1C

secondary

#5D78CA

accent

#65EF39

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B1C

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

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