#AF9C2A#AF9C2A

#AF9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C2A
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -5.35, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 58.45, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.021 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9871, 33.0595, 6.9917)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C2A #2A3DAF

analogous

#AF5A2A #AF9C2A #7FAF2A

triadic

#AF9C2A #2AAF9C #9C2AAF

tetradic

#AF9C2A #2AAF5A #2A3DAF #AF2A7F

square

#AF9C2A #2AAF5A #2A3DAF #AF2A7F

split-complementary

#AF9C2A #2A7FAF #5A2AAF

monochromatic

#4C4412 #7E701E #AF9C2A #D2BE44 #DECF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AF9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AF9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C2A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C2A	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)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb86c',
    500: '#af9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c2a;
$custom-light: #cbb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C2A

secondary

#6F7CC6

accent

#5AE443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C2A

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

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