#AF9D49#AF9D49

#AF9D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.107 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9D49
RGB	rgb(175, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -4.03, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 45.72, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0137 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.107 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9400, 33.7103, 11.1790)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9D49 #495BAF

analogous

#AF6A49 #AF9D49 #8EAF49

triadic

#AF9D49 #49AF9D #9D49AF

tetradic

#AF9D49 #49AF6A #495BAF #AF498E

square

#AF9D49 #49AF6A #495BAF #AF498E

split-complementary

#AF9D49 #498EAF #6A49AF

monochromatic

#595025 #847637 #AF9D49 #C4B571 #D6CC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AF9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AF9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9D49

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9D49	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.107 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b97f',
    500: '#af9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9d49;
$custom-light: #c9b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69461,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9D49

secondary

#919AC2

accent

#6CD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9D49

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

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