#AF9B27#AF9B27

#AF9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9B27
RGB	rgb(175, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -4.93, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 59.18, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0201 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7683, 32.7046, 6.6637)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9B27 #273BAF

analogous

#AF5727 #AF9B27 #7FAF27

triadic

#AF9B27 #27AF9B #9B27AF

tetradic

#AF9B27 #27AF57 #273BAF #AF277F

square

#AF9B27 #27AF57 #273BAF #AF277F

split-complementary

#AF9B27 #277FAF #5727AF

monochromatic

#4B4211 #7D6F1C #AF9B27 #D4BE3F #DFCF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AF9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AF9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9B27

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9B27	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86b',
    500: '#af9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9b27;
$custom-light: #cbb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9B27

secondary

#6B79C6

accent

#5AE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9B27

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

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