#AF9B29#AF9B29

#AF9B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9B29
RGB	rgb(175, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -4.85, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 58.50, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0197 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8023, 32.7182, 6.8429)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9B29 #293DAF

analogous

#AF5829 #AF9B29 #80AF29

triadic

#AF9B29 #29AF9B #9B29AF

tetradic

#AF9B29 #29AF58 #293DAF #AF2980

square

#AF9B29 #29AF58 #293DAF #AF2980

split-complementary

#AF9B29 #2980AF #5829AF

monochromatic

#4C4312 #7D6F1D #AF9B29 #D3BD42 #DECF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AF9B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AF9B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9B29

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9B29	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)

#AB9712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86c',
    500: '#af9b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9b29;
$custom-light: #cbb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68744,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9B29

secondary

#6E7BC6

accent

#5BE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9B29

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

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