#AF9D27#AF9D27

#AF9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9D27
RGB	rgb(175, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -6.00, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 59.78, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0232 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1039, 33.3758, 6.7756)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9D27 #2739AF

analogous

#AF5927 #AF9D27 #7DAF27

triadic

#AF9D27 #27AF9D #9D27AF

tetradic

#AF9D27 #27AF59 #2739AF #AF277D

square

#AF9D27 #27AF59 #2739AF #AF277D

split-complementary

#AF9D27 #277DAF #5927AF

monochromatic

#4B4311 #7D701C #AF9D27 #D4C03F #DFD171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AF9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#AF9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9D27

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9D27	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD980B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb96b',
    500: '#af9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9d27;
$custom-light: #cbb96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69163,
    "c": 0.13182,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9D27

secondary

#6B78C6

accent

#57E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9D27

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

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