#AF9E29#AF9E29

#AF9E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E29
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -6.45, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 59.41, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0242 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3078, 33.7292, 7.0114)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E29 #293AAF

analogous

#AF5B29 #AF9E29 #7DAF29

triadic

#AF9E29 #29AF9E #9E29AF

tetradic

#AF9E29 #29AF5B #293AAF #AF297D

square

#AF9E29 #29AF5B #293AAF #AF297D

split-complementary

#AF9E29 #297DAF #5B29AF

monochromatic

#4C4412 #7D711D #AF9E29 #D3C042 #DED174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AF9E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AF9E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E29

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E29	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6c',
    500: '#af9e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e29;
$custom-light: #cbba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E29

secondary

#6E79C6

accent

#57E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E29

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

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