#AF8E22#AF8E22

#AF8E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E22
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 1.93, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.51, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0011 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.124 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6426, 28.5772, 5.5731)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E22 #2243AF

analogous

#AF4722 #AF8E22 #89AF22

triadic

#AF8E22 #22AF8E #8E22AF

tetradic

#AF8E22 #22AF47 #2243AF #AF2289

square

#AF8E22 #22AF47 #2243AF #AF2289

split-complementary

#AF8E22 #2289AF #4722AF

monochromatic

#493B0E #7C6418 #AF8E22 #D8B236 #E2C669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AF8E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AF8E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E22

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E22	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae67',
    500: '#af8e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e22;
$custom-light: #cbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65945,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E22

secondary

#657CC8

accent

#66EA3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E22

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

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