#AF9738#AF9738

#AF9738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9738
RGB	rgb(175, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -1.95, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 51.45, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0098 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.116 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4610, 31.5342, 8.2755)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9738 #3850AF

analogous

#AF5B38 #AF9738 #8BAF38

triadic

#AF9738 #38AF97 #9738AF

tetradic

#AF9738 #38AF5B #3850AF #AF388B

square

#AF9738 #38AF5B #3850AF #AF388B

split-complementary

#AF9738 #388BAF #5B38AF

monochromatic

#52471A #816F29 #AF9738 #CAB45A #D9C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AF9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AF9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9738

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9738	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab574',
    500: '#af9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9738;
$custom-light: #cab574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68004,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9738

secondary

#808DC3

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9738

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

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