#AF9538#AF9538

#AF9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9538
RGB	rgb(175, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -0.86, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 50.86, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0067 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1419, 30.8960, 8.1692)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9538 #3852AF

analogous

#AF5A38 #AF9538 #8DAF38

triadic

#AF9538 #38AF95 #9538AF

tetradic

#AF9538 #38AF5A #3852AF #AF388D

square

#AF9538 #38AF5A #3852AF #AF388D

split-complementary

#AF9538 #388DAF #5A38AF

monochromatic

#52461A #816E29 #AF9538 #CAB25A #D9C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AF9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AF9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9538

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9538	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab373',
    500: '#af9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9538;
$custom-light: #cab373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67581,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9538

secondary

#808EC3

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9538

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

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