#AF9B59#AF9B59

#AF9B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.089 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9B59
RGB	rgb(175, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -1.56, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 37.14, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0047 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.089 93)
XYZ	xyz(31.2047, 33.2792, 14.2291)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9B59 #596DAF

analogous

#AF7059 #AF9B59 #98AF59

triadic

#AF9B59 #59AF9B #9B59AF

tetradic

#AF9B59 #59AF70 #596DAF #AF5998

square

#AF9B59 #59AF70 #596DAF #AF5998

split-complementary

#AF9B59 #5998AF #7059AF

monochromatic

#60542E #897842 #AF9B59 #C3B482 #D7CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AF9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AF9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9B59

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9B59	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.089 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b889',
    500: '#af9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9b59;
$custom-light: #c9b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.08908,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.33278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9B59

secondary

#9FA8C5

accent

#76CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9B59

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

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