#AF9C24#AF9C24

#AF9C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C24
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 79.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, -5.58, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 60.46, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0223 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8876, 33.0198, 6.4679)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C24 #2437AF

analogous

#AF5724 #AF9C24 #7DAF24

triadic

#AF9C24 #24AF9C #9C24AF

tetradic

#AF9C24 #24AF57 #2437AF #AF247D

square

#AF9C24 #24AF57 #2437AF #AF247D

split-complementary

#AF9C24 #247DAF #5724AF

monochromatic

#49420F #7C6F1A #AF9C24 #D6C13A #E1D16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AF9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C24

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C24	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)

#AC9803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86a',
    500: '#af9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c24;
$custom-light: #cbb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 65.877,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6893,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C24

secondary

#6875C7

accent

#56E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C24

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

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