#AF9521#AF9521

#AF9521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9521
RGB	rgb(175, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 81.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -1.92, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 59.49, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0122 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.129 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7028, 30.7203, 5.8563)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9521 #213BAF

analogous

#AF4E21 #AF9521 #82AF21

triadic

#AF9521 #21AF95 #9521AF

tetradic

#AF9521 #21AF4E #213BAF #AF2182

square

#AF9521 #21AF4E #213BAF #AF2182

split-complementary

#AF9521 #2182AF #4E21AF

monochromatic

#483D0E #7C6917 #AF9521 #D9BB34 #E3CC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AF9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#AF9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9521

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9521	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb367',
    500: '#af9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9521;
$custom-light: #cbb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67415,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9521

secondary

#6476C8

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9521

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

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