#AF9E36#AF9E36

#AF9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E36
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -5.83, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 54.50, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0211 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5733, 33.8354, 8.4098)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E36 #3647AF

analogous

#AF6136 #AF9E36 #84AF36

triadic

#AF9E36 #36AF9E #9E36AF

tetradic

#AF9E36 #36AF61 #3647AF #AF3684

square

#AF9E36 #36AF61 #3647AF #AF3684

split-complementary

#AF9E36 #3684AF #6136AF

monochromatic

#514A19 #807428 #AF9E36 #CBBB57 #DACE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AF9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AF9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E36

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E36	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba73',
    500: '#af9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e36;
$custom-light: #caba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69485,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E36

secondary

#7D87C3

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E36

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

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