#AF9A23#AF9A23

#AF9A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9A23
RGB	rgb(175, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 80%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -4.55, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 60.20, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0194 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5397, 32.3481, 6.2776)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9A23 #2338AF

analogous

#AF5423 #AF9A23 #7EAF23

triadic

#AF9A23 #23AF9A #9A23AF

tetradic

#AF9A23 #23AF54 #2338AF #AF237E

square

#AF9A23 #23AF54 #2338AF #AF237E

split-complementary

#AF9A23 #237EAF #5423AF

monochromatic

#49400F #7C6D19 #AF9A23 #D7BF38 #E1D06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AF9A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AF9A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9A23

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9A23	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb769',
    500: '#af9a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9a23;
$custom-light: #cbb769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68494,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9A23

secondary

#6675C7

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9A23

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

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