#AF9937#AF9937

#AF9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9937
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -3.09, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 52.48, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0132 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.119 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7614, 32.1738, 8.2562)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9937 #374DAF

analogous

#AF5D37 #AF9937 #89AF37

triadic

#AF9937 #37AF99 #9937AF

tetradic

#AF9937 #37AF5D #374DAF #AF3789

square

#AF9937 #37AF5D #374DAF #AF3789

split-complementary

#AF9937 #3789AF #5D37AF

monochromatic

#52481A #807028 #AF9937 #CBB659 #D9CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AF9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AF9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9937

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9937	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab673',
    500: '#af9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9937;
$custom-light: #cab673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68421,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9937

secondary

#7F8BC3

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9937

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

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