#AF8D27#AF8D27

#AF8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8D27
RGB	rgb(175, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 2.67, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 55.57, 87.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0015 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.121 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5719, 28.3120, 5.9316)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8D27 #2749AF

analogous

#AF4927 #AF8D27 #8DAF27

triadic

#AF8D27 #27AF8D #8D27AF

tetradic

#AF8D27 #27AF49 #2749AF #AF278D

square

#AF8D27 #27AF49 #2749AF #AF278D

split-complementary

#AF8D27 #278DAF #4927AF

monochromatic

#4B3C11 #7D651C #AF8D27 #D4AF3F #DFC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AF8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AF8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8D27

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8D27	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)

#9E8C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae69',
    500: '#af8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8d27;
$custom-light: #cbae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65767,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8D27

secondary

#6B82C6

accent

#6BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8D27

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

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