#AF9827#AF9827

#AF9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.128 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9827
RGB	rgb(175, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -3.32, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 58.33, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0156 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.128 97)
XYZ	xyz(29.2752, 31.7185, 6.4994)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9827 #273EAF

analogous

#AF5427 #AF9827 #82AF27

triadic

#AF9827 #27AF98 #9827AF

tetradic

#AF9827 #27AF54 #273EAF #AF2782

square

#AF9827 #27AF54 #273EAF #AF2782

split-complementary

#AF9827 #2782AF #5427AF

monochromatic

#4B4111 #7D6D1C #AF9827 #D4BB3F #DFCD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AF9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AF9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9827

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9827	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.128 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb56b',
    500: '#af9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9827;
$custom-light: #cbb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68089,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9827

secondary

#6B7BC6

accent

#5DE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9827

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

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