#AF9838#AF9838

#AF9838 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9838
RGB	rgb(175, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -2.49, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 51.75, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0113 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.117 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6227, 31.8575, 8.3294)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9838 #384FAF

analogous

#AF5C38 #AF9838 #8BAF38

triadic

#AF9838 #38AF98 #9838AF

tetradic

#AF9838 #38AF5C #384FAF #AF388B

square

#AF9838 #38AF5C #384FAF #AF388B

split-complementary

#AF9838 #388BAF #5C38AF

monochromatic

#52471A #817029 #AF9838 #CAB55A #D9C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AF9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AF9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9838

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9838	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab674',
    500: '#af9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9838;
$custom-light: #cab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9838

secondary

#808DC3

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9838

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

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