#AF9B22#AF9B22

#AF9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9B22
RGB	rgb(175, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -5.12, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 60.79, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0211 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6908, 32.6737, 6.2558)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9B22 #2236AF

analogous

#AF5422 #AF9B22 #7CAF22

triadic

#AF9B22 #22AF9B #9B22AF

tetradic

#AF9B22 #22AF54 #2236AF #AF227C

square

#AF9B22 #22AF54 #2236AF #AF227C

split-complementary

#AF9B22 #227CAF #5422AF

monochromatic

#49400E #7C6E18 #AF9B22 #D8C136 #E2D169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AF9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#AF9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9B22

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9B22	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb869',
    500: '#af9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9b22;
$custom-light: #cbb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9B22

secondary

#6573C8

accent

#56EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9B22

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

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