#AF9C28#AF9C28

#AF9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C28
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -5.43, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 59.14, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0214 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9522, 33.0456, 6.8078)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C28 #283BAF

analogous

#AF5928 #AF9C28 #7EAF28

triadic

#AF9C28 #28AF9C #9C28AF

tetradic

#AF9C28 #28AF59 #283BAF #AF287E

square

#AF9C28 #28AF59 #283BAF #AF287E

split-complementary

#AF9C28 #287EAF #5928AF

monochromatic

#4B4311 #7D701D #AF9C28 #D4BF41 #DFD073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AF9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C28

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C28	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)

#AC980F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86c',
    500: '#af9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c28;
$custom-light: #cbb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C28

secondary

#6D79C6

accent

#59E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C28

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

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