#AF8E2A#AF8E2A

#AF8E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E2A
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 2.25, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 54.70, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0006 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.12 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7717, 28.6289, 6.2532)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E2A #2A4BAF

analogous

#AF4C2A #AF8E2A #8DAF2A

triadic

#AF8E2A #2AAF8E #8E2AAF

tetradic

#AF8E2A #2AAF4C #2A4BAF #AF2A8D

square

#AF8E2A #2AAF4C #2A4BAF #AF2A8D

split-complementary

#AF8E2A #2A8DAF #4C2AAF

monochromatic

#4C3E12 #7E661E #AF8E2A #D2AF44 #DEC475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AF8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AF8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E2A

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E2A	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae6b',
    500: '#af8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e2a;
$custom-light: #cbae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65996,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E2A

secondary

#6F85C6

accent

#6BE443

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E2A

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

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