#AF8E24#AF8E24

#AF8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.123 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E24
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 2.00, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 56.84, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0007 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.123 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6723, 28.5891, 5.7295)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E24 #2445AF

analogous

#AF4824 #AF8E24 #8BAF24

triadic

#AF8E24 #24AF8E #8E24AF

tetradic

#AF8E24 #24AF48 #2445AF #AF248B

square

#AF8E24 #24AF48 #2445AF #AF248B

split-complementary

#AF8E24 #248BAF #4824AF

monochromatic

#493C0F #7C651A #AF8E24 #D6B13A #E1C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AF8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AF8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E24

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E24	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)

#9F8C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.123 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae68',
    500: '#af8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e24;
$custom-light: #cbae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E24

secondary

#687EC7

accent

#67E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E24

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

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