#AF8E2B#AF8E2B

#AF8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.119 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8E2B
RGB	rgb(175, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 2.29, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 54.32, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0008 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.119 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7899, 28.6362, 6.3487)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8E2B #2B4CAF

analogous

#AF4C2B #AF8E2B #8EAF2B

triadic

#AF8E2B #2BAF8E #8E2BAF

tetradic

#AF8E2B #2BAF4C #2B4CAF #AF2B8E

square

#AF8E2B #2BAF4C #2B4CAF #AF2B8E

split-complementary

#AF8E2B #2B8EAF #4C2BAF

monochromatic

#4D3E13 #7E661F #AF8E2B #D1AF46 #DEC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AF8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AF8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8E2B

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8E2B	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)

#9F8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.119 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbae6b',
    500: '#af8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8e2b;
$custom-light: #cbae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66003,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8E2B

secondary

#7086C5

accent

#6CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8E2B

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

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