#AF9853#AF9853

#AF9853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.093 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9853
RGB	rgb(175, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 52.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -0.49, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 39.13, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0023 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.093 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4699, 32.1964, 12.7915)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9853 #536AAF

analogous

#AF6A53 #AF9853 #98AF53

triadic

#AF9853 #53AF98 #9853AF

tetradic

#AF9853 #53AF6A #536AAF #AF5398

square

#AF9853 #53AF6A #536AAF #AF5398

split-complementary

#AF9853 #5398AF #6A53AF

monochromatic

#5D502B #86743E #AF9853 #C2B17D #D6CAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AF9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AF9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9853

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9853	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.093 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b685',
    500: '#af9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9853;
$custom-light: #c9b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9853

secondary

#9AA5C3

accent

#78CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9853

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

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