#AF9938#AF9938

#AF9938 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9938
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -3.03, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 52.06, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0129 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.118 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7856, 32.1835, 8.3837)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9938 #384EAF

analogous

#AF5E38 #AF9938 #89AF38

triadic

#AF9938 #38AF99 #9938AF

tetradic

#AF9938 #38AF5E #384EAF #AF3889

square

#AF9938 #38AF5E #384EAF #AF3889

split-complementary

#AF9938 #3889AF #5E38AF

monochromatic

#52481A #817029 #AF9938 #CAB55A #D9CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AF9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AF9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9938

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9938	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)

#A8962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab674',
    500: '#af9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9938;
$custom-light: #cab674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6843,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9938

secondary

#808CC3

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9938

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

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