#AF9E28#AF9E28

#AF9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E28
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -6.50, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 59.75, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0245 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2905, 33.7223, 6.9206)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E28 #2839AF

analogous

#AF5A28 #AF9E28 #7DAF28

triadic

#AF9E28 #28AF9E #9E28AF

tetradic

#AF9E28 #28AF5A #2839AF #AF287D

square

#AF9E28 #28AF5A #2839AF #AF287D

split-complementary

#AF9E28 #287DAF #5A28AF

monochromatic

#4B4411 #7D711D #AF9E28 #D4C141 #DFD173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AF9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AF9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E28

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E28	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)

#AE990E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6c',
    500: '#af9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e28;
$custom-light: #cbba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69385,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E28

secondary

#6D78C6

accent

#57E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E28

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

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