#AF9B36#AF9B36

#AF9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9B36
RGB	rgb(175, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -4.22, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 53.53, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0165 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0678, 32.8245, 8.2413)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9B36 #364AAF

analogous

#AF5F36 #AF9B36 #86AF36

triadic

#AF9B36 #36AF9B #9B36AF

tetradic

#AF9B36 #36AF5F #364AAF #AF3686

square

#AF9B36 #36AF5F #364AAF #AF3686

split-complementary

#AF9B36 #3686AF #5F36AF

monochromatic

#514819 #807228 #AF9B36 #CBB857 #DACC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AF9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AF9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9B36

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9B36	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab873',
    500: '#af9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9b36;
$custom-light: #cab873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.12078,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9B36

secondary

#7D89C3

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9B36

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

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