#AF9540#AF9540

#AF9540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9540
RGB	rgb(175, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -0.36, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 47.31, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0042 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.108 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3534, 30.9806, 9.2832)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9540 #405AAF

analogous

#AF5E40 #AF9540 #92AF40

triadic

#AF9540 #40AF95 #9540AF

tetradic

#AF9540 #40AF5E #405AAF #AF4092

square

#AF9540 #40AF5E #405AAF #AF4092

split-complementary

#AF9540 #4092AF #5E40AF

monochromatic

#55491F #826F30 #AF9540 #C7B065 #D7C792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AF9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AF9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9540

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9540	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab378',
    500: '#af9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9540;
$custom-light: #cab378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.946,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6766,
    "c": 0.10849,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9540

secondary

#8896C3

accent

#71D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9540

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

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