#AF9940#AF9940

#AF9940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.111 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9940
RGB	rgb(175, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -2.53, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 48.55, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0105 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.111 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9972, 32.2681, 9.4978)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9940 #4056AF

analogous

#AF6240 #AF9940 #8EAF40

triadic

#AF9940 #40AF99 #9940AF

tetradic

#AF9940 #40AF62 #4056AF #AF408E

square

#AF9940 #40AF62 #4056AF #AF408E

split-complementary

#AF9940 #408EAF #6240AF

monochromatic

#554B1F #827230 #AF9940 #C7B465 #D7CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AF9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AF9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9940

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9940	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.111 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab679',
    500: '#af9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9940;
$custom-light: #cab679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9940

secondary

#8894C3

accent

#6CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9940

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

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