#AF9A42#AF9A42

#AF9A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9A42
RGB	rgb(175, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -2.93, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 47.96, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0114 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.111 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2195, 32.6200, 9.8577)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9A42 #4257AF

analogous

#AF6342 #AF9A42 #8EAF42

triadic

#AF9A42 #42AF9A #9A42AF

tetradic

#AF9A42 #42AF63 #4257AF #AF428E

square

#AF9A42 #42AF63 #4257AF #AF428E

split-complementary

#AF9A42 #428EAF #6342AF

monochromatic

#564C20 #837331 #AF9A42 #C6B468 #D7CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AF9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AF9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9A42

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9A42	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab77a',
    500: '#af9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9a42;
$custom-light: #cab77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68742,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9A42

secondary

#8A95C2

accent

#6CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9A42

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

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