#AF9D38#AF9D38

#AF9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9D38
RGB	rgb(175, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -5.18, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 53.35, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.019 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(30.4513, 33.5148, 8.6056)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9D38 #384AAF

analogous

#AF6138 #AF9D38 #86AF38

triadic

#AF9D38 #38AF9D #9D38AF

tetradic

#AF9D38 #38AF61 #384AAF #AF3886

square

#AF9D38 #38AF61 #384AAF #AF3886

split-complementary

#AF9D38 #3886AF #6138AF

monochromatic

#524A1A #817329 #AF9D38 #CAB95A #D9CD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AF9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AF9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9D38

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9D38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab974',
    500: '#af9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9d38;
$custom-light: #cab974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9D38

secondary

#808AC3

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9D38

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

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