#AF9837#AF9837

#AF9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9837
RGB	rgb(175, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -2.55, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 52.18, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0116 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5984, 31.8478, 8.2019)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9837 #374EAF

analogous

#AF5C37 #AF9837 #8AAF37

triadic

#AF9837 #37AF98 #9837AF

tetradic

#AF9837 #37AF5C #374EAF #AF378A

square

#AF9837 #37AF5C #374EAF #AF378A

split-complementary

#AF9837 #378AAF #5C37AF

monochromatic

#52471A #807028 #AF9837 #CBB559 #D9CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AF9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AF9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9837

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9837	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab673',
    500: '#af9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9837;
$custom-light: #cab673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9837

secondary

#7F8CC3

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9837

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

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