#AF8E27#AF8E27

#AF8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.122 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E27
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 2.12, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 55.80, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0001 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.122 90)
XYZ	xyz(27.7201, 28.6082, 5.9810)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E27 #2748AF

analogous

#AF4A27 #AF8E27 #8CAF27

triadic

#AF8E27 #27AF8E #8E27AF

tetradic

#AF8E27 #27AF4A #2748AF #AF278C

square

#AF8E27 #27AF4A #2748AF #AF278C

split-complementary

#AF8E27 #278CAF #4A27AF

monochromatic

#4B3D11 #7D651C #AF8E27 #D4B03F #DFC571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AF8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AF8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E27

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E27	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#9F8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.122 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae69',
    500: '#af8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e27;
$custom-light: #cbae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65975,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E27

secondary

#6B82C6

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E27

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

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