#AF9927#AF9927

#AF9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.129 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9927
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -3.86, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 58.61, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0171 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.129 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4382, 32.0445, 6.5537)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9927 #273DAF

analogous

#AF5527 #AF9927 #81AF27

triadic

#AF9927 #27AF99 #9927AF

tetradic

#AF9927 #27AF55 #273DAF #AF2781

square

#AF9927 #27AF55 #273DAF #AF2781

split-complementary

#AF9927 #2781AF #5527AF

monochromatic

#4B4111 #7D6D1C #AF9927 #D4BC3F #DFCE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AF9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AF9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9927

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9927	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb66b',
    500: '#af9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9927;
$custom-light: #cbb66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68303,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9927

secondary

#6B7AC6

accent

#5CE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9927

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

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