#AF9C22#AF9C22

#AF9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C22
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 80.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -5.65, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 61.08, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0226 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8579, 33.0079, 6.3115)
Luminance	0.3301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C22 #2235AF

analogous

#AF5522 #AF9C22 #7BAF22

triadic

#AF9C22 #22AF9C #9C22AF

tetradic

#AF9C22 #22AF55 #2235AF #AF227B

square

#AF9C22 #22AF55 #2235AF #AF227B

split-complementary

#AF9C22 #227BAF #5522AF

monochromatic

#49410E #7C6E18 #AF9C22 #D8C236 #E2D269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AF9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C22

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C22	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb869',
    500: '#af9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c22;
$custom-light: #cbb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C22

secondary

#6572C8

accent

#55EA3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C22

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

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