#AF9C38#AF9C38

#AF9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9C38
RGB	rgb(175, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -4.64, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 53.02, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0175 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2828, 33.1779, 8.5495)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9C38 #384BAF

analogous

#AF6038 #AF9C38 #86AF38

triadic

#AF9C38 #38AF9C #9C38AF

tetradic

#AF9C38 #38AF60 #384BAF #AF3886

square

#AF9C38 #38AF60 #384BAF #AF3886

split-complementary

#AF9C38 #3886AF #6038AF

monochromatic

#52491A #817329 #AF9C38 #CAB85A #D9CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AF9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AF9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9C38

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9C38	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab874',
    500: '#af9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9c38;
$custom-light: #cab874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69072,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9C38

secondary

#808AC3

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9C38

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

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