#AF9D37#AF9D37

#AF9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9D37
RGB	rgb(175, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -5.24, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 53.76, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0193 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4271, 33.5052, 8.4781)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9D37 #3749AF

analogous

#AF6137 #AF9D37 #85AF37

triadic

#AF9D37 #37AF9D #9D37AF

tetradic

#AF9D37 #37AF61 #3749AF #AF3785

square

#AF9D37 #37AF61 #3749AF #AF3785

split-complementary

#AF9D37 #3785AF #6137AF

monochromatic

#52491A #807328 #AF9D37 #CBBA59 #D9CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AF9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AF9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9D37

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9D37	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab974',
    500: '#af9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9d37;
$custom-light: #cab974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69278,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9D37

secondary

#7F89C3

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9D37

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

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