#AF9E2C#AF9E2C

#AF9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E2C
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 74.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -6.33, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 58.35, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0236 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3621, 33.7510, 7.2977)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E2C #2C3DAF

analogous

#AF5D2C #AF9E2C #7EAF2C

triadic

#AF9E2C #2CAF9E #9E2CAF

tetradic

#AF9E2C #2CAF5D #2C3DAF #AF2C7E

square

#AF9E2C #2CAF5D #2C3DAF #AF2C7E

split-complementary

#AF9E2C #2C7EAF #5D2CAF

monochromatic

#4D4613 #7E7220 #AF9E2C #D1BF47 #DDD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AF9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AF9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E2C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbba6e',
    500: '#af9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e2c;
$custom-light: #cbba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6941,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E2C

secondary

#727DC5

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E2C

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

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