#AF8E29#AF8E29

#AF8E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E29
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 2.21, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 55.07, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0004 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.121 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7541, 28.6218, 6.1601)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E29 #294AAF

analogous

#AF4B29 #AF8E29 #8DAF29

triadic

#AF8E29 #29AF8E #8E29AF

tetradic

#AF8E29 #29AF4B #294AAF #AF298D

square

#AF8E29 #29AF4B #294AAF #AF298D

split-complementary

#AF8E29 #298DAF #4B29AF

monochromatic

#4C3E12 #7D661D #AF8E29 #D3AF42 #DEC474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AF8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#AF8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E29

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E29	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)

#9F8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae6a',
    500: '#af8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e29;
$custom-light: #cbae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65989,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E29

secondary

#6E84C6

accent

#6BE543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E29

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

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