#AF8E28#AF8E28

#AF8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E28
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 2.16, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 55.44, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.0001 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.121 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7368, 28.6149, 6.0694)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E28 #2849AF

analogous

#AF4A28 #AF8E28 #8DAF28

triadic

#AF8E28 #28AF8E #8E28AF

tetradic

#AF8E28 #28AF4A #2849AF #AF288D

square

#AF8E28 #28AF4A #2849AF #AF288D

split-complementary

#AF8E28 #288DAF #4A28AF

monochromatic

#4B3D11 #7D661D #AF8E28 #D4B041 #DFC473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AF8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AF8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E28

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E28	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)

#9F8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae6a',
    500: '#af8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e28;
$custom-light: #cbae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65982,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E28

secondary

#6D83C6

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E28

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

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