#AF9C27#AF9C27

#AF9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C27
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -5.47, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 59.48, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0217 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9354, 33.0389, 6.7194)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C27 #273AAF

analogous

#AF5827 #AF9C27 #7EAF27

triadic

#AF9C27 #27AF9C #9C27AF

tetradic

#AF9C27 #27AF58 #273AAF #AF277E

square

#AF9C27 #27AF58 #273AAF #AF277E

split-complementary

#AF9C27 #277EAF #5827AF

monochromatic

#4B4311 #7D6F1C #AF9C27 #D4BF3F #DFD071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AF9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C27

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C27	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86b',
    500: '#af9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c27;
$custom-light: #cbb86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68947,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C27

secondary

#6B78C6

accent

#58E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C27

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

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