#AF8D23#AF8D23

#AF8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8D23
RGB	rgb(175, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 2.52, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 56.96, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0006 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.123 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5091, 28.2869, 5.6008)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8D23 #2345AF

analogous

#AF4723 #AF8D23 #8BAF23

triadic

#AF8D23 #23AF8D #8D23AF

tetradic

#AF8D23 #23AF47 #2345AF #AF238B

square

#AF8D23 #23AF47 #2345AF #AF238B

split-complementary

#AF8D23 #238BAF #4723AF

monochromatic

#493B0F #7C6419 #AF8D23 #D7B138 #E1C56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AF8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AF8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8D23

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8D23	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#af8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8d23;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65742,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8D23

secondary

#667EC7

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8D23

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

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